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Including Holdenhurst, Throop and Kinson, and the ^^® 
Rhododendron Forest at Heron Court (seat of the Earl of * ^ 
Malmesbury). At Kinson there is an old church whose 
tower was used by smugglers in the days when Bournemouth 
was a landmg place for French goods and in whose church- 
yard is a '* smuggler's tomb " with a very quaint inscription. 

Via the West Cliff Drive and Branksome Chine to Poole Ca«if 
Harbour and the Sandbanks. From the Haven at the Sand- ^"" 
banks a ferry crosses to Shell Bay, curving round to the 
pretty village of Studland with its tiny Norman Church 
and curious Agglestone Rock. 

The motor coaches start from the Square daily at 10.30 
and 2.30, 

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winter and summer visitors a. urnemouth provides 

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Whv vou should insure ynur life 

x.ere is no other way hich you can immediately 

and effectually protect ^our dependents against the 

financial consequences of your premature death than 

by means of a Life Insurance Policy. 

There is no better way of making provision for the 

payment of Death Duties. 

There is no surer plan by which you can make 

provision for your own Old Age than by means of an 

Endowment Insurance Policy. 

When you should insure your life 

Certainly there is no time like the present to effect a 
Life Policy. Now, when health is good and when the 
premium is moderate. In such matters there is much 
truth in the proverb " Delays are dangerous." Besides, 
every year the effecting of a policy is put off the 
premium becomes heavier. 

W here you should insure your life 

u would be well-advised to select purely mutual 
of&ce such as the 

N: ch Union Life Insurance Society 

w...ch is managed solely in the interests of the policy- 
holders themselves. The Society is a Centenarian 
Office, its annual volume of new business for many 
years has been in excess of that of any other British 
Office not transacting Industrial business and, most 
important of all, the reserves which it holds as against 
its liabilities are on the strongest known basis — that of 
an assumed interest-earning rate of only 2j%, while 
its invested funds at the last valuation of assets and 
liabilities were written down to the specially low 
market prices ruling at December, 1920. 



Write for Latest Prospectus and Report to the Secretary, 

NORWICH UNION LIFE OFFICE, NORWICH, 

or to any Branch Office of the Society. 



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Shaftesbury Society 



(RAGGED SCHOOL UNION, 1844.) 

Patrons : Their Majesties the King and the Queen. 

PIONEER IN CHILD 
WELFARE. 

140 Branches and Cripple Parlours in 

POOREST LONDON 




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URGENTLY 
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S ubscriptions 

D onations. 



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32, John St., London, W.C.i. 



DEAN & DAWSON, 

LIMITED. 

Travel Organisers, 

SPRING, SUMMER AND WINTE R 
HOLIDAYS AT HOME OR ABROAD. 

Conducted Parties to Belgium, France, 
Switzerland, Italy, Route des Alpes, &c. 

INDEPENDENT INCLUSIVE TOURS ARRANGED. 

bruises Round the Coast, to Norway, Canary Islands, &c. 

BANKING AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE. 

Travellers' Cheques issued In Sterling and Francs. 

Passports Arranged. 

WRITE FOR PROGRAMME OF TOURS TO 

DEAN 81 DAWSON, LTD. 

84, Piccadilly - - LONDON, W.I. 

BRANCHES IN PRINCIPAL TOWNS. 



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The Australian Mutual Provident Society is Mutual. That is to say, all 
Surplus, without deduction, belongs to the Policy-holders themselves and 
is distributed yearly. Moreover, the Society, established in 1849, has 
been for many years the largest and most prosperous British Mutual Life 
Office. Why is this ? Because it offers to Assurers the Acme of Security 
and Profit, and because its satisfied members are its best advertisement. 
Why are policies with the A.M. P. Society so profitable? Because, while 
its premium rates are below the average, it possesses in a unique degree 
the combination of a low expense rate, a high interest return, and a 

favourable mortality experience. 

The A.M.P. Society should be covering yoii. You will be sent full 

particulars on apphcation. Please mention this Publication. 



EVERY YEAR A BONUS YEAR. 



Assets £50,000,000. Annual Income, £7,500,000. 

New Ordinary Business for 1922, £10,825,000. 

Cash Surplus (Ordinary Department) divided for 

1921, £1,500,000. 

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PROVIDENT SOCIETY 

London Office : 73-76, King William Street, E.C.4, 

W. C. FISHER, Manager for the United Kingdom. 



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3 Miles Promenade. 40 Acres Woodland Park. 

Golf (3 Courses), Tennis, Bowls. 
Safe Bathing and Boating. Delightful Walks. 

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The Best Centre Irom which to Visit 
THE BEAUTY SPOTS OF NORTH WALES. 

Daily Excursions by Road and Rail. 
Illustrated Guide Book (3d. postage) from Dept. 50, Town Hall. 



TORQUAY AND ALL LEADING RESORTS. 

HOLIDAYS BUREAU 

119, UNION ST., TORQUAY. 

('Phone Torquay 575.) 
Vy E Secure Suitable and Reliable Hotel Accommodation 
^^ and Apartments. Fee Moderate — refunded if not 
satisfied. Parties or otherwise. 

Invalids and Convalescents for Torquay a Speciality. 

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BRIGHTON— 14, East St. 
BRISTOL— 24, College Green. 
CAMBRIDGE— 47, Sidney St. 
CHESTER— 27, Eastgate St. 
CROYDON— 44, George St. 
DUBLIN— 84, Grafton St. 
EASTBOURNE— 23, Terminus 

Rd. 
EDINBURGH— 120, Princes St. 
FOLKESTONE— 115, Sandgate 

Rd. 
GLASGOW- 99, Buchanan St. 



HOVE— 47, Western Rd. 
LEEDS— 32, Bond St. 
LINCOLN— 9, Ballgate. 
LIVERPOOL— 33, Sold St. 

„ 10, Dale St. 

„ 1,Ranelagh St. 

MANCHESTER— 42, King St. 
OXFORD— 24, Coraimarket St. 
PLYMOUTH— 50, George St. 
SOUTHEND— 138, High St. 
SOUTH SEA— 72, Palmerston Rd. 
WINDSOR— 19, Thames St. 



too, Regrent St., W. 
tJ6, Regrent St., W. 
»4, Higrh St., Kensington; 

W. 
131, Queen's Rd , 

Bayswater, W. 
Barons Court Station, W. 
27, The Broadway, 

Ealing, W. 
•0. Hl^h Street, Netting 

Hill Gate, W. 
113, Victoria Street S.W. 
IdOa, Sloane St.. S.W. 
42, Buckingham Palace Rd., 
S.W. 



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82, Gloucester Rd., S.W. 
38, Hill Rd., Wimbledon, 

S.W. 
71, George Street, Richmond, 

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96, Southampton Row, W.C. 
289, Finchley Rd., 

Hampstead, N.W. 

131a, Finchley Rd., Swiss 

Cottage, N.W. 

Willesden Green Stn., Met. 

RIy., N.W. 

52, Golders Green Rd., 

N.W. 



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Criclilewood, N.W. 
68, St. Paul's Churchyard, 
E.C. 
1, Walbrook, E.C. 
31, Gracechurch St., E.C. 
51, Fencnurch St., E.C. 

42, Old Broad St., E.C. 
5, Broad Si., Station, E.C. 
53, Queen Victoria St., E.C. 

43, hoiborn Viauuct, E.C. 
23, Copthall Avenue, E.G. 
28, St. Swithin's Lane, 

E.C. 
56, Gresham St., E.C. 



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^ ean be obtained from 

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HACKNEY ROAD, LONDON, E.2, 

and LITTLE FOLKS HOME, BEXHILL. 
President - - H.R.H. THE DUKE OF YORK, K.G. 

170 Beds. Over 40,000 Mothers making over 100,000 attendances bring 

their Sick and Injured Children to this Hospital in a year. 
Thesm numbers are Larger than those of any similar Hospital, 

Endowment Income £1,500. Expenditure £33,000 a year. 
Col. Lord Wm. Cecil, C.V.O., Chairman. T. Glenton-Kerr, Sec. 

VITALI'S ITALIAN WINES. 

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are Highly Recommended. 

At the Leading Hotels & Restaurants 
and of all Wine Merchants. 

Wholesale Depot : 26, Upper Thames Street, London, E.G. 



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Head Office : 50, Regent St., London, W.l. 



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ACCIDENTS Of ALL KINDS 

Workmen's Compensation, Third Party, 
Personal Accident, Motors, &c. 

BURGLARY and THEFT. 



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for House Owners and Occupiers. 

Full particulars on application to Head Office, Branctaei or 
As:ents of the Company. 



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Prompt Advances. Light Repayments. Easy Redemptions. 
Low Costs. 

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Shares, 4^ per cent. Deposits, 4 per cent. 

RESERVE FUNDS exceed £180,000. 

EDWARD WOOD, Manager. 

LOSE YOUR HOLIDAY 

YOUR LIFE SUFFERS. 
LOSE YOUR LIFE 

YOUR WIFE SUFFERS 

(AND YOUR CHILDREN ALSO). 

PROTECT THEM 

By INSURING with the 

Pearl Assurance Company, 

LIMITED, 

HIGH HOLBORN, W.G.I. 

Accumulated Funds - £32,185,009 

G. SHRUBSALL, Managing Director. 



THE HACKBRIDGE QUARANTSNE STATION 

120 minutes from Victoria, L.B. & S.C Rly.). 

FULLY APPROVED UNDER THE MINISTRY OF 

A.GRICULTURE REGULATIONS FOR 

Under the Management of the Committee of the Dogs' Home, Battersea. 

- These thoroughly Up-to-date Kennels are always available 

for the reception oi Dogs coming from Abroad or for 

BOARDERS, and are under the control oi a resident 

qualified Veterinary Surgeon. 

Terms for boarding imported dogs are from 10/- to 12/6 per week 

(including veterinary supervision), and full particulars may be obtained 

from — Inspection invited. 

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•EASTERN FOAM' stands for perfecHon in Skin Cream. 
Used night and morning, and 
after washmg, it will impart to 
the poorest skin a softness of 
texture and a clear, healthful 
bloom, such as can be ob tamed 
/by no other means. 
AT HOLIDAY TIME ' Eastern Foam ' is 
invaluable to countiiract 
the effects of exposure 
to salt-laden air and the 
glare of the sun. After 
any exercise it is delij^ht- 
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always beautifying 
Of all Chemists and 
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Dr. HENRY S. LUNN, Ltd.-'^H^^ 

Head Office : West End Office : 

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SPRING & SUMMER TOURS to NICE and THE RIVIERA, ITALIAN 

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SWITZERLAND, BELGIUM, THE RHINE, & EASTERN ALPS, &c. 
WINTER SPORTS. English Clientele; English Control. Write for Plans 

of Hotels at MURREN, WENGEN, M0RGIN3, PONTRESINA, &c. 
PRE-AFJiANGED TRAVEL (for Independent Travellers). Quotation 

given for ANY TOUR by ANY ROUTE. All Passports and 

Visas obtained. 

Write for Illustrated Booklet to 

SECRETARY, 5, Endsleigh Gardens, London, N.W,1. 




OR. BARNARDO'S H0I1ES. 

7,285 Ohildren Need Food 

in these difficult times. 

WILL YOU SEND THEM 2/6 P 

Give Yourself the Joy of Helping taKeed One Destitute 
Little One. 

Cheques and Orders payable " Dr. Barnardo's Homes Food 

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WriU for a copy of new booklet " F09 
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TEMPERANCE AND GENERAL PERMANENT 

BUILDING SOCIETY 

(Incorpcrated 18S2) 
'Phone 5927 CENTRAL. Telegrams : " TERIFTDOM. LONDON." 



A GOOD INVESTMENT 

INVESTING SHARES (£25) 

issued ; payable in full or by instalments bearing 

5% INTEREST 

DEPOSITS received at 4% Interest on one month's notice 

of withdrawal. No withdrawal fees or deductions. 

Interest on Investing SJiares and Deposits paid half-yearly , Free of 

Income Tax on ist June and ist December. 

ADVANCES made at moderate interest, repayable by easy 

monthly instalments over period of 5 to 20 years. Prompt 

settlements, Survey fees fixed and very reasonable. 



Write for Prospectus to the Secretary {Dept. 25), 

**Thriftdom," 26, King William Street, London, E.C.4. 

(Opposite Monument Station.) 

LAW FIRE 

INSURANCE SOCIETY LIMITED, 

No. 114, CHANCERY LANE. LONDON, W.C.2. 



Personal Accident and Disease. Burglary. Fidelity Guarantee. 

Workmen's Compensation, including Domestic Servants. 

Property Owner's Indemnity. Third Party. Motor Car. Plate Glass. 

HOUSEHOLDERS' & HOUSEOWNERS' COMPREHENSIVE POLICIES. 

BONDS.— The Directors desire to draw special attention to 
the fact that the Fidelity Bonds of this Society are accepted by 
His Majesty's Government and In the High Court of Justice. 

CHARLES PLUMPTRE JOHNSON. Esq., J. P., Chairman 

(Formerly of Johnson, Raymond-Barker &z Co., Lincoln's Inn). 

ROMER WILLIAMS, Esq., D.L., J.P.. Vice-Chauman 

(Formerly of Williams & James), Norfolk House, Thames Embankment. 

Secretary— H. T. OWEN LEGGATT. 

Assistant Secretary— W . R. LAWRENCE 

SECURITY UNSURPASSED, 

Every facility is afforded for the transaction of Insurance business on the most farour- 
able terms, and surveys, where necessarj', are undertaken by the Society free of charge. 
Prospectuses and Proposal Forms and full information may be had at the Society's Office. 
The business of this Society is confined to the United Kingdom. 



The Children s Champion. 
The NATIONAL SOCIETY for 
Prevention of Cruelty to Children 

has accomplished very much towards removing the evils 
which have surrounded child life in the past. 
Will you share in giving to unhappy Children JOY for 
MISERY, a FAIR CHANCE instead of DEGRA- 
DATION and RUIN ? 

Please send a Gift, large or small, according to your 
ability, to Robert J. Parr, o.b.e., Director, Central 
Offices N.S.P.C.C., Leicester Square, London, W.C.2. 



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Best and Most Up-to-date 

Maps Published. 

A Complete List of Maps and Plans of all Districts in 

England, Scotland, and Ireland, will be sent on receipt 

of request to the Publishers — 

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The Geogr>aphical Institute, EDINBURGH. 



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ORDINARY COFFEE. 



The Sportsman on Holiday. 

HOW TO PLAY LAWN TENNIS 

A Simple instructive Treatise by 
CHARLES HIERONS, 

Head Professional and Coach at the Queen's Club, West Kensington. 

Illustrated with many Photographs. Size 7^X5 inches. Cloth. 
2/6 net. At all Booksellers. 



WARD. LOCK & CO., LTD.. SALISBURY SQUARE. LONDON. E.C.4. 



AFTER TRAVEL 

there is nothing more 

refreshing than a bath 

with 




SOOTHES, PROTECTS, 
HEALS, 



Use Wright's LysoL 



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PRACTICAL! 

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Over 4,000 Recipes, besides hundreds of Illustrations and many 
Colour Plates. Forming a complete guide to COOKERY IN ALL 
ITS BRANCHES. 

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Nearly 3,000 Recipes, 896 pages of Letterpress and hundreds 
of Illustrations. 

Mrs. BEETON'S EVERY-DAY COOKERY - - 6/- net 

About 2,500 Recipes, 768 pages and numerous Colour Plates and 
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Mrs. BEETON'S COOKERY 1/3 net 

650 Recipes for every-day dishes. Illustrated. 256 pages. 



WARD, LOCK & Co., Ltd., Salisbury Square, London, E.C.4. 

ASK YOUR BOOKSELLER FOR THESE NEW EDITIONS. 



A CENTURY OF - 
LIFE-BOAT WORK 

THIS YEAR IS THE LAST 

of the First Hundred Years of our Life-Boat Service. 

What is its RECORD ? With God's Blessing 
Nearly 59,000 have been saved from Shipwreck. 

11 LIVES SAVED EVERY WEEK 

for nearly 100 years ! 

IF YOU ARE A MAN 

show vour gratitude for this SPLENDID SERVICE 

by subscribing to the Institution. 

ONE MILLION 5/- 

will maintain the whole Service during 1923 

IF YOU ARE A WOMAN 

join the Ladies' Life-Boat Guild 
and Work for the Life-Boat Cause. 

Give KOW and remember the Life-Boats in your Will. 
They receive NOT ONE PENNY from the State. 

Lord Harrowby, George F. Shee, M.A., 

Hon. Treasurer. Secretary, 

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION, 

22i Chaping Cross Roa^, London, WiC.2. 



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Incorporated a.d. 1720. 



fire, ltfe, sea, 
accident, burglary, 
employers' liability, 
motor car, plate glass, 



LIVE STOCK, THIRD PARTY, 
FIDELITY GUARANTEES, 
LIFT, BOILER, MACHINERY, 
TRUSTEE AND EXECUTOR. 



== Apply for full partiailars of all classes of Insicrance to the Secretary. ^= 

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USE A 

TOMMY'S COOKER 

ON YOUR HOLIDAYS. 

(Indoors or Outdoors.; 

Price 1/- 

or complete with Aluminium Saucepan 3/- 

Obtainable with Refills from all 
Ironmongers, or from 

TOMMY'S COOKER Co., Ltd., 
6, Pentonville Road, London, KA. 



HOW to PLAY HOCKEY 

By HARRY E. HASLAM 

(English International). 

Profusely Illustrated with 

PHOTOGRAPHS CF STROKES AS PLAYED BY EXPERTS. 

Special Section on the Woman's Game 

At all Booksellers. Size 7I x 5 inches, 2/6 net. 

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Send for a copy of 
o tc r ilhiitrated 
booklet on the use 

or Binoculars. 

Sc4it i>o.-i free on 

request. 



BINOCULARS 

and your 

Holidays. 



NOTHING will add so much to the 
delights of your holidays as a pair of 
Ross Binoculars. 

There will be hundreds of occasions when you 
will long to get a nearer view of some distant 
landscape, a far off mountain, or passing 
shipping. 

Every day a pair of Ross glasses will add to 
the interest and pleasure of the holiday. 
Things 3-0U have never seen before vnll readily 
come to your vision and incidents which 
would have otherwise passed unnoticed will 
reveal their story to amuse and entertain you. 

Get a pair cf Ross Binoculars before com- 
pleting your holiday arrangements, but 
be sure they bear the name of " Ross." These 
alone will give you that brilliant definition 
and fineness of detail which is so essential. 



ROSS'i 



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OF SOUTH AFRICA, limited, 

(with which is incorporated the 

AFRICAN BANKING CORPORATION, LTD.) 

Bankers to the Govermren'; ot the Union of South Africa in Cape Province; to 
the Imperial Government i i S. Africa ; and to the Administration of Rhodesia. 

AUTHORISED CAPITAL £10,000,000 

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UNCALLED CAPITAL £6,687,^95 

£11,809,995 



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Sir D. M. Barbour, k.c.s.i.. k.c.m.g. 
Edward Clifton Brown, Esq. 
Stanley Christopherson, Esq. 
Robert E. Dirknison, Esq. 
James Fairbairn Finlay, Esq., c.s.i. 



Board of Directors. 



Solomon B. Joel, Esq., j.p. 

Horace Peel, Esq. 

Rt. Hon. The Earl of Selbome, k.g. 

William Smart, Esq. 

Rt, Hon. Lord Sydenham, c.c.s.i., 

G.C.M.G., G.C.I.E., G.B.E. 



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Through 90 Miles of Thames Scenery, 

Daily Service (Sundays excepted) &om May to end of Septembertr 




SALOON STEAMERS run daUy (Sundays excepted) 
between OXFORD, HENLEY, and KINGSTON. 

DOWN TRIP. 
Oxford dept. . , 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m. 
Wallingfordarr.abt. 1.45 p.m., 6^ p.m. 

,. dept. abt. 2.43 p.m., 9.0 a.m. 
Henley arr. about 7^0 p.m., 1.30 p.m. 

„ dep. „ 10.0 a.m., 2.45 p.m. 
Windsor arr. „ 1.45 p.m., 6.50 p.m. 

,j dep. „ 2.45 p.m., 9.20 a.m. 
Kingston arr. „ 7.0 p.m., 1.30 p.m. 

The through journey occupies two days each way, but passengers can join or 
leave the boat at any of the locks or regular stopping places. In this most pleasant 
of ways visits can be raade to many attractive and historic places such as Hamp- 
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M. 

ROWING BOATS of all kinds for Excursions down the River at 

Charges which include Cartage back to Oxford. 

STEAM AND MOTOR LAUNCHES for Hire by the Day or Week, 

and also for the Trip. 

Full particulars on application. 



UP TRIP. 




Kingston dep. . 90 a.m.; 


2.30 p.m. 


Windsor arr. about 1.45 p.m.. 


7.15 p.m. 


dep. ,. 2.45 p.m. 


9.30 a.m. 


Henley arr. „ 7.10 p.m. 


1.45 p.m. 


dep. i, 9.20 a.m. 


2.45 p.m« 


Wallingford arr.,, 1.45 p.m. 


7.15 p.m. 


„ dep. ., 2.45 p.m. 


9.0 aan. 


Oxford arr. ♦, 7.0 p.m., 


1.10 p.m. 



BOATS, PUNTS, CANOES, SUITABLE FOR RIVERS, 
LAICES, PRIVATE WATERS. 

A large selection, both New and Second-hand, kept in readiness for 

Sale or Hire. Illustrated Price Lists may be had on application. 

HOUSE BOATS FOR SALE OR HIRE, & ALSO BUILT TO. ORDER. 



SALTER BROS., Ltd., Boat Builders, 22 Folly Bridge, OXFORD. 




>e. Salisbury Square. LONDOl 



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jpictorial ant> Deecriptlve (5ui&e 

TO 

tOURNEMOUTH, 

POOLE, CHRISTCHURCH, 

THE AVON VALLEY, SALISBURY, 

WINCHESTER, 



AND THE 



NEW FOREST. 

With Plan of Bournemouth, Two Maps of the 
District, and Map of the Isle of Wight. 



EIGHTY ILLUSTRATONS 



Fourteenth Edition — Revised. 



London 
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED 
V. ARWiCK House, Salisbury Square, E.C.4 
And at Melbourne 



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"He that would bring home the wealth of the Indies 
must carry the wealth of the Indies with him ; so it is in 
travelling — a man must carry knowledge with him if he 
would bring home knowledge." 



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MAPS AND PLANS. 

Plan of Bournemouth Frontispiece 

Bournemouth^ Ihe New Forest, etc. . . Faces page 9 

Meyrick Park Golf Links .... p. z6 

Queen's Park Golf Links />. 30 

Swanage and District Faces page 79 

The Isle of Wight ., „ 89 

Winchester Cathedral (ground plan). . ^.163 

CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

Introduction. — ^The Boumemouth. of Fact and of 
Fiction — ^Rail and Road Routes — Hotels and 

Tariffs ........ 9 

Preliminary Information. — Miscellaneous items of 
interest and importance to visitors, arranged 

alphabetically 17 

Bournemouth: History — Climate .... 38 

Literary Associations ..... 44 

A Geological Note 48 

Round and About Bournemouth .... 50 

Through Groves and Gardens , , , . ^ 

BOSCOMBE 64 

Southbourne-on-Sea, Pokesdown and Westbourne 68 

Places of Worship 72 

Walks from Bournemouth 78 

!• Talbot Woods 78 

II. Talbot Village 79 

III. Branksome 80 

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CONTENTS 



Walks from Bournemouth (contd,) — - 

IV. Canford CHffs 
V. Studland 

VI . Hengistbury Head 

VII. Christchurch 

VIII. The Stour Valley 

IX. Redhill Ferry and West Parley 

X. The Rhododendron Plantation 

Sea Trips from Bournemouth 
I. To Swanage , 
II. To the Isle of Wight 

III. To Southsea and Portsmouth 

IV. To Southampton . 

V. To Lulworth Cove . 
VI. To Weymouth 

Excursions by Road from Bournemouth 

Motor and Cycle Routes 

Poole and Parkstone 

The Avon Valley 

Christchurch 

Barton-on-Sea 
Salisbury 
Romsey Abbey 
The New Forest. 
Wimborne . 
Winchester . 
Bbaulieu Abbey , 
Index .... 

Directory of Hotels, Boarding Houses, Schools, Estate 
Agencies and Business Establishments in Great Britain 
and Ireland . . . .see after pm 8 and at end 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



FACES 
PAGE 

Bournemouth from the 

East CUff ... 20 
Pier and Sands, from the 

West Cliff .... 21 
OverclifiE Drive, looking 

East 28 

Overclifi Drive, looking 

West 29 

Pier Approach and West 

CUff 32 

Upper Gardens, from the 

Square 33 

Pier Approach ... 36 
The Gardens, from Mont 

Dore 37 

Pine Walk Pleasure Gardens 44 

The Children's Comer . . 45 

West CUff and Sands. . 48 

East UndercUff Drive . . 49 
Bournemouth, from the 

Pier 52 

Alum Chine : Suspension 

Bridge 53 

Meyrick Park .... 60 

Winter Gardens ... 61 

Boscombe 64 

Boscombe Chine ... 65 
Fisherman's Walk. . . 68 
Westboume .... 69 
Southboume .... 69 
Manor Road .... 76 
The Lower Pleasure Gar- 
dens /jy 

Branksome Chine ... 80 

CUffs near Studiand . . 81 

Heron Court .... 84 

Swanage Bay .... 85 

The Great Globe ... 86 

Tilly Whim Caves ... 86 

Corfe Castle .... 87 

The Needles, Isle of Wight 90 

Lulworth Cove. ... 91 

Weymouth 92 

Canford Manor. ... 93 
St. Mary's Church and 

River Frome,Wareham 100 

Poole Quay .... loi 
Tyrrell's Ford . . . .108 



FACSS 
PAGE 

Cottage at Swan Green . 109 

On the BeauUeuRoad, . 109 

Ringwood Bridge . . . 112 
Christchurch Priory Church, 

from the Quay . .113 

And Norman House . 116 
North Transept, with 

Norman Turret . . 117 

Nave 124 

SaUsbury Chantry . . 125 
SaUsbury Cathedral, from 

the Avon .... 128 

From the North-East . 129 

West Front .... 129 

Romsey Abbey . . . 134 

Romsey Bridge . . . 135 

Beech at Mark Ash . . 138 

The Road to Minstead . 139 

Oak in Queen's Bower Wood 139 



and 



A Meet near Lyndhurst 
Lyndhurst Fresco. 
Beeches at Mark Ash 
Mark Ash . 
Autumn Leaves 
SpUtting Beeches 
Knight wood Oak 
Ruf us's Stone . 
Lyndhurst Church 
King's House . 

The Stour at Wimbome 
Wimbome Minster 

Chained Library 

Nave .... 

Bridge 

Queen Elizabeth's Gram 
mar School 

Church House . 
Winchester Cathedral : 

The Reredos. 

Choir Stalls . . . 

City Cross 

The Deanery 

Statue of King Alfred 

Oldest House 

St. Cross: The Church 
BeauUeu Church . 

Pulpit and Early EngUsh 
• Arcade 171 



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BNGIiJLlID 

Anslesey aaA KoxtSi Wala 
Baacror, &o. 
Bannoath. ^o. 
B&rnstaplo and R.W. Devon 
Bfttbi. Wella, fto. 
Bottws>y-Coed, Saowdon, Aw. 
BezhiU and Bistriot 
Bidetord, Westward Eo 1 fte. 
Boimor and 8.W. Sxissex 
Boarnemoath and District 
Brecon and South WaJisii 
Bridlington and District 
Bridport, West Bay, &e. 
BnghtoQ and Hove 
Broads, The 

Broadstairs and N^ Eexi& 
Bnde and North CorawaU 
Badleii^ Salterton. &e. 
Buxton and Peak District 
Canterbury and H.B. Kent 
Cardiff and Sooth Wales 
Carnarvon and lilorth Waloe 
Channel Islands 
Chichester and S.W. Sosaex 
Clevedon and District 
Oolwyn Bay 

CoDway, Deg^anwy, Sue. 
C^riocieth and Cardigan Bay 
Cromer and District 
Dartmoor 

Dawlish and 8.B. Devon 
Deal, Walmer. &e. 
Dover. St. Margaret's Bay. fta. 
Doverconrt, Harvrich. fto. 
Eastbourne^ Sealord. &o. 
Bxeter and S.E. Devon 
Bxmonth and District 
Valnsouth and S. Cornwall 
PeUxstowe and District 
Filey and District 
Folkestone, Sandgate, &e. 
Fowey and South Cornwall 
Earrogate and District 
Hastings, St. Leonards, fte. 
Hereford and Wye Valley 
Heme Bay. Wbitstable, fte. 
Hytbe. Littlostone, See, 
nsracombe and V. Devon 
Isle o! Man 
Isle of Wight 
Lake Diitriet The 

SCOTIiAMD. 
Aberdeen, Deoside, &o. 
Edinburgh and District 
Glasgow and the Clyde 
Highlands, ¥he 
Inverness and N. Highlands 
Oban and W. Highlands 



JLHD 

I««amtiigton, Warwiok, fte. 

IiittMhampton and S.W. Sufftjt 

Liverpool, Birksnhesd. fto. 

Llandrindod Well*, <S£C. 

Llandudno and N, Widas 

LlangoUeo, Corwen, BaIa, Sui, 

Loo* and South Cornwall 

London and Envirou> 

Lowestott and District 

Lyme Regis and DiatritN 

Lyntott and Lyumoath 

Malvern and District 

Margate and M.E. Kent 

Matlock^ Dovedale, &c. 

Minehead, Bzmoor, fte. 

Hewquay and N. Cornwall 

Nottingham and District 

Paignton and 8. Devon 

Penmaenmawr, Llanfairfechao, <ft(iu 

Pensanoe and West Cornwall 

Plymouth and S.W. Devon 

Pwllheli and Cardigan Bay 

Bamsgate. Sandwich, dta. 
Rhyl and N. Wales 
Bipon and District 
St. Ives and W. Cornwall 
Scarborough and District 
Seaford, Newhaven, fte. 
Seaton and District 
Sheringham. Bunton, te. 
Sherwood Forest 
Sidmouth and 6.E. Devon 
Southwold and District 
Stratford-upon-Avon 
Swanage, Corle. &c. 
Teignmouth and 8JII. DeroB 
Tenby and South Wales 
Thames, Tho 
Torquay and District 
Towyn, Aberdovey, «wj. 
Wales. North (Northern Section) 
Wales, North (Southern Section) 
Wales, South 

Warwick, Eenllworth. ft«. 
Wells, Glastonbury. Ac 
Wes ton-cuper-Mare 
Weymouth and Distriet 
Whitby and District 
Worcester and District 
Worthing and S.W. Sa«MX 
Wye Valley 
Yarmoufli and the Bzoadi 

IRELAND. 

Antrim, Giant's Causeway, Ao. 
Belfaat, Monme Mountains, fto. 
Cork, Glengarilf, &c. 
Donegal Highlands 
Dublin and Co. Wicklow. 
Killarney and S.W. Ireland 
Londonderry and N. Irelaad 



Tourist Handbooks. 



Belgiom 

Holland 

Norway 

Paris and EBfizoai 

Rome 

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SritiA, 
Lake Dlitriot, The 
London (with addlUonAl i 

plete Index to Streets) 
North Wales (Northwn 

Bectioua combined) 



and Boutham 



Bournemouth 



BOURNEMOUTH. 



CRAG HALL 

EN PENSION, 

DURLEY GARDENS, WEST CLIFF. 




Finest Position in Bournemouth. 

Good Public Rooms. Lounge. Dining, Billiard, Smoking, 

Recreation, and Drawing Rooms. Over 40 Bedrooms. A 

thoroughly Comfortable Holiday or Permanent Home. 

Convenient for all Attractions. 

Electric Light. Sepas^ate Tables. Good Baths. 
Terms Strictly Moderate. 

Illustrated Tarifi Free on application to the Proprietors, 
Mr. & Mrs. F. EGERTON HINE. 



Telegrams — "dragged, B'mouth." 
Telephone— 269 B'mouth. 



Nearest Station — 

Bournemouth West. 



Bournemouth Guide, 1923-24] 



Bournemouth 



BOURNEMOUTH. 



WOODHEATH e^:^^!z. 



KNYVETON ROAD. 




PLEASANTLY SITUATED amongst the Pines 
in one of the most pleasant parts of Bourne- 
mouth. Five minutes from the East Cliff and 
ten minutes from the Central Station. 

SOUTH ASPECT. LARGE GARDEN. 

An Excellent and Liberal Cuisine. 
Terms Strictly Moderate. Full particulars from 

Telephone No, 2839. THE PROPRIETOR. 



Bournemouth 



BOURNEMOUTH (West Cliff) . 

BOSCOBEL TOWER 

Boarding Establishment, 

UF>RER TERRACE ROAD. 




CTANDS in its Own Beautiful Grounds, in 
elevated position, and commanding splendid 
views of the Sea and surrounding country. 
Three minutes' walk from Winter Gardens 
and five from the Pier. South Aspect. 

Full Board from 2i Guineas, accord- 
ing to Season and Rooms chosen. Separate 
Tables. Billiard Saloon. House Heated with 
Radiators Throughout. Full particulars on 
application to the PROPRIETRESS. 



Bournemouth 



HOUSE 
AG E NTS 



Cau)rence$ 



OPPOSITE FISHERMAN'S WALK. 



West Southbourne, 
BOURNEMOUTH. 

Map and List of Houses free on application. 

'Phono 102 S'BOURNE. 



Bournemouth 



BOURNEMOUTH. 



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EN 



DALBURY PENSION 

Rnyveton Road. 



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CHARMINGLY Situated 
amongst the Pines on 
the East Cliff, with South 
Aspect. Near Sea, Shops, 
& Amusements. Gas Fires 
in Bedrooms. Eiecttic 
Light. Separate Tables. 
Excellent Cuisine. 
Terms Moderate. Tariff 
on Application. 

'Phone 798 Bournemouth. 

Under the Personal 
Supervision of 

Mr. &MRS.W.L. 

HORSPOOL. 



PLEASE MENTION THIS GUIDE. 



BOURNEMOUTH (West Cliff). 

"THE BUCKINGHAM" 

En Pension, 

WEST MIl^l. ROAD. 

CONVENIENTLY Situated on West Cliff. 
Only two minutes from Cliffs, Trams, 
Winter Gardens and Shops. Five minutes from 
the Pier. Electric Light Throughout. Separate 
Tables. An Excellent and Varied Cuisine. 

TERMS from 21 Guineas, according to 

Season and Rooms selected. These Terms do not 

apply for less than a week. Book to West 

Station. 

Mrs. E. J. COLLARD & Mrs. K. BALFOUR, 

Proprietresses. 



Bournemouth 



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BOURNEMOUTH. 



Collingwood Private Hotel 

KERLEY ROAD, WEST CLIFF. 




FAl-1N*j aue South, ovenuukiiig Sea and Pier. Every Modem Con- 
venience. Billiards (Full-size Table). Electric Light. Central 
Heating. Telegrams : *' Colossal, Bournemouth." » 'Phone 931. 

Mrs. H. E. BUTLER. 

BOURNEMOUTH. 



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THE NEILGHERRIES" 

Boarding Establishment, 




BEAUTIFULLY Situated, Standing in its Own 
Grounds, on East Cliff, Facing South. Two minutes 
from Lift. Convenient for Trams and Stations. 
Excellent Cuisine. Moderate Tariff. Nearest Station, 
Central. Mrs. SUTTON, Proprietress. 



Bournemouth 




BOURNEMOUTH (West Cliff). 

BEECHWOOD 

BOARDING 
ESTABLISHMENT, 

IN Elevated Position, 
away from, noise of 
Traffic, yet most con- 
venient for Shops and 
Trams. Close to 
Winter Gardens, Sea, 
and Pier. Gas Fires 
in Bedrooms. Open 
View from Windows. 
Excellent Cuisine. 
Every Convenience. 

Moderate and Inclusive 
Terms. Phone 2354. 

Mrs. CUMBERLAND. 

Proprietress. 

BOURNEMOUTH. 

Abbcymount 

High-class Private Hotel, 

PRIORY ROAD. 

Situated on West Cliff, and standing in its Own 
Grounds. Facing full South, with Sea Views. 

An Ideal Summer or Winter Residence. 

SEPARATE TABLES. EXCELLENT CUISINE. 

GAS FIRES IN ALL BEDROOMS. 
Electric Light Throughout. Moderate Terms. 

Full particulars from the PROPRIETRESS. 



Bournemouth 



BOURNEMOUTH. 



BOURNEMOUTH. 



HOUSE AND ESTATE AGENTS 




ALLAN <& BATH. Offices, 57, CHARMINSTER RD. 

H. F. BATH. Lists of all Properties and Map 

R. E. BATH. 'Phone No. 570. Free on Application. 



BOURNEMOUTH (West Cliff). 

DEVON TOWERS 

PRIVATE HOTEL. 

ENLARGED AND REDECORATED. 

CTANDING on the Famous West CHff, 120 ft. above Sea 
level, and close to Sea, Pine Woods and Winter Garden. 
Five minutes from Pier, Public Gardens, and Centre of 
Town. Electric Light Throughout. Comfortable and Well- 
appointed Dining, Drawing, and Smoke Rooms. Billiard 
Room, with Full-size Table (by Padmore). Recreation 
Room and Lounge. Full particulars from 

Mrs. MINCHINTON. 
'Phone 1266. 



Bournemouth 



BOURNEMOUTH. 



FAIR WOOD 

CHRISTCHURCH ROAD, 



(EN 
PENSION) 



** FAIRWOOD " is a Large Detached Residence on the 
East Cliff, South Aspect, Centrally Situated, being only a 
few minutes from Pier, Gardens, Theatres, and Principal 
Shops. Close to Queen's Park Golf Links and Tennis 
Courts. 

THE HOUSE IS FITTED WITH ELECTRIC LIGHT. 

GAS FIRES IN BEDROOMS. 

Private Beach Tent for Bathing:. Boole Central Station. 

Write for Tariff, 

Mr. & Mrs. LEONARD A. DAVEY. 




BOURNEMOUTH. 

SUNNY HALL 

BOARDING ESTAB. 

St.Swithtn'sRoad 

(Three minutes from 
Central Station). 

CTANDS in its Own 
Grounds, amongst 
the Pines. Near Golf 
Course, and only a few 
minutes from Bowling 
Greens, Tennis Courts & 
Pleasure Gardens. Cook- 
ing a Speciality, & Liberal 
Fare. Boarding Terms 
ir. 2i Gns. Special Terms 
from Nov. to February. 

Under the Personal 
Supervision of 

Mr. & Mrs. CANNON, 
Proprietors. 



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Bournemouth 




BOURNEMOUTH. 

ST. MARGARET'S 

Boarding Establishment 

Priory Road, West Cliff. 

CTANDING in its Own 
^ Grounds on the 
most fashionable part 
of West Cliff. Over- 
looking Winter Gardens 
and close to Sea, Pier, 
Theatre and all Amuse- 
ments. Near Golf 
Links. Large and Airy 
Rooms. Refurnished 
Throughout. Electric 
Light. Sep. Tables. 
Ex. Cuisine. Tenns 
from 3 gns. per week. 

For Tariff apply 

Mrs. SUTTON. 



BOURNEMOUTH (West Cliff). 



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FIRST-CLASS 



DURLEY GARDENS. 



/^CCUPIES an Unique Position on the West Cliff, near 
^-^ Sea, Winter Gardens and Pine Walk, and only a 
few minutes from the Pier. Comfortable Dining, 
Drawing and Smoke Rooms. Lounge. Electric Light 
Throughout. Separate Tables. Gas Fires in all Bed- 
rooms. Tariff and full particulars from 

Tel. No. 1704. The PROPRIETRESS. 



Bournemouth 



t BOURNEMOUTH WEST 



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and GANFORD CLIFFS 

For all available Properties ta be 
LET or SOLD, 

Apply to— 

B. R. MARSH-EDWARDS, 

Auctioneer and Estate Agent, 

Poole Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth. 

'Phone 3107. 

126, Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth. 

'Phone 585. 



"THE HAVEN"?."..,.., 

First-clas5. Central yet Quiet Position. Convenient for Sea and 

Golf Links. Redecorated and Refurnished Throughout. 

Electric Light. Separate Tables. 

Inclusive Terms from 3 Guineas. NO VEXATIOUS EXTRAS. 

Uuder Personal Supervision of Resident Proprietors — 
'Phone 1153. Mr. & Mrs. L. H. PETERS 

(late of Grand Hotel) . 



BOURNEMOUTH WEST. 

OAKLANDS 

BOARDING 

ESTABLISHMENT, 

ON THE WEST CLIFF. 

Few minutes Pines, Sea, 

Gardens and Square. 

TERMS VERY MODERATE. 

Tel. 2970. Apply Miss W. L. KEAN. 



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OAKLANDS"^ 



' con- 
sists 

of Three Houses standing to- 
gether in own E^xtensive 
Grounds, facing South. Well- 
appointed and Comfortable 
Lounge, Dancing and Recre- 
ation Rooms. 40 Bedrooms 
with Gas Fires. Electric 
Light. Cooking and all 
Household Arrangements are 
under Personal Supervision. 



Eoumcmoiith 



BOURNEMOUTH. 



"HARRABY" En Pension, 



BOSCOIrlBE SPA ROAD. 




HIGH-CLASS Residence. Beautifully and Most Comfortably Furnished. 
South Aspect. Lovely Garden. Sea Views. Large Sunny Drawing 
Room, Dining Room (Separate Tables). Very Comfortable Lounge Hall 
and Conservatory. Central Heating. Gas Fires in Bedrooms. Electric 
Light Tnroughout. Highly Recommended. Special Winter Terms. 
Excellent Supervision. Sanitary Certificate. 'Phone 676. 

Tariff and Full Particulars from the PROPRIETRESS. 

CHINE HOUSE (Private Hotel) 

18, 19, 20, UNDERCLIFF, BOSCOMBE, BOURNEMOUTH. 




pHARMINGLY Situated on the East Cliff, facing Sea. • Full South, with 
^ ' Balconies overlooking Sea and Chine Gardens. One minute from Pier, 
Promenade and Tennis Courts. Convenient to Golf Links, Trams & Shops. 
Electric Light Throughout. Central Heating. Gas Fires in Bedrooms. 
Separate Tables. Terms Moderate. Tariff on Application. 
' Telegrams, "Chine House, Boscombe." 'Phone Bournemouth 411. 



Bournemouth 



13 



BOURNEMOUTH HYDRO 

With Sun Lounge & Marine Balcony, overlooking 
Sea and Pines, and Promenade. 

RESIDENT PHYSICIAN. MODERATE. 



Steamer, 
_ j_ Motor, 

Amusements coach, 

Excursions, 
Indoor Games. 



Turkish 

Radiant p^ . . 

Electric BSLtllS 
Sea=water 
Nauheim 

High Frequency Installation. Massage by Skilled Operators. 
Teh.: *' Hydro, Bournemouth" Illustrated Prospectus from Sec. 



BOURNEMOUTH (West Cliff). 



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SOUTHLEA 



5 J Private 
Hotel, 

DURLEY ROAD. 



CTANDING in its Own Grounds, near Sea, Winter Gardens, and only a 
few minutes from Pier. Tennis Court and Garden attached. Well- 
apixDinted and Comfortable Dining, Drawing and Smoke Rooms. Separata 
Tables. Lounge. Electric Light. Terms from 3-4 Guineas. Book to 
West Station. Tel. No. 1852. Mr. & Mrs. SCHOFIELD. 



PRIVATE 
HOTEL, 



BOURNEMOUTH (West Cliff). 

GLIFFSIDE 

DURLEY GARDENS, 

^NE minute to Sea, near Winter Gardens and Pier. Comfortable 
Dining, Drawing and Smoke Rooms. Lounge. Electric Light 
Throughout. Baths (H. & C). Gas Fires in Bedrooms. Moderate 
Terms. Under the Personal Supervision of 

Mr. & Mrs. WOODWARD, Proprietors. 



BOURNEMOUTH— Exeter Road 



Well-appointed. 
Electric Light Throughout. 
Gas Fires in all Bedrooms. 
'PiioTie 1096. Terms irom 3 Guineas. 

' Woodleigh Tower, Bournemouth ' 

The Misses DIXON & CHAFFEY. 




14 Bournemouth 



BOURNEMOUTH (West Cliff). 

WARWICK GliEN 

First-class Boarding Establishment j 
WEST HILL ROAD. 

CITUATED in one of the Best Positions on the West Cliff. Two minutes 
•^ to Sea Front, Pier, Winter Gardens, Shops and Trams. Convenient 
to West Station, and for Golf Links. Excellent and Liberal Cuisine. 
Separate Tables. Boarding Terms from 2i guineas. The Establishment is 
personally conducted by The Misses MA RLE Y. 

BOURNEMOUTH . 

" GOLTHO " ""b&.ng 

^^^^■- ■ ■ "^^ ESTABLISHMENT 

45, Christchurch Road. 

CHARMINGLY Situated on the East Cliff, and sheltered from Cold Winds, 
amongst the Pines. Five minutes' walk trom Central Station, and two 
minutes from the Sea. Electric Cars stop 50 yards from door. Central 
Heating Throughout. Private Tennis Courts in the Grounds. Gas Fires in 
Bedrooms. Boarding Terms Strictly Moderate. Tel. No. 2380. 

Apply PROPRIETRESS. 



BOURNEMOUTH. 

miiiun " 

PENSION, 



" OOTACAMUND " ^'* 



Fir Vale Road. 

CENTRALLY Situated, facing due South, about 10 minutes from each 
Station, two trom Gardens and Theatre, and five from Pier and Sea 
Front. Excellent Cuisine. Separate Tables. Comfortable Smoking, Dining 
and Drawing Rooms. Boarding Terms fr. 2i guineas, according to Season 
and Rooms. Mrs. J. E. DENNES. 

BOURNEMOUTH, 

BEVERLEY HOUSE 

For FURNISHED APARTMENTS 
or BOARD-RESIDENCE. 

pONVENIENTLY Situated, 3 minutes from Central Station and Trams 
^-^ to all parts, A Homely and Comfortable Establishment, with Excellent 
Cooking and Liberal Fare. Highly Recommended. Boarding Terms from 
2i guineas, according to Season and Rooms chosen. Full particulars from 

Mrs. a. HABGOOD, Proprietress. 



Boumemoutli — Brockenhurst 



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BOURNEMOUTH. 



2, SOUTHCOTE ROAD, 

For FURNISHED APARTMENTS 
or BOARD-RESIDENCE. 

Only 3 mins. from Central Station, and main Tram Route 
for all parts. 5 mins. to Sea Front. A Comfortable and 
Inexpensive Establishment. Special Winter Terms. 

Full particulars from Miss WALKER, Proprietress. 

BOSCOMBE. 




CHINE HALL 

SPA ROAD. 

First-Glass Boarding 

Establishment. 

Commanding-Magnificent 
views of Sea & Boscombe 
Chine. S. Aspect. Five 
mins. from Sea and Pier. 
Two mins. to Tennis Cts^ 
and 10 mins. to best Golf 
Links. Separate Tables. 
Smoking- Room. Mode- 
rate Terms Established 
over 28 years. 
Mrs. & 5liss CLARKE, 
Proprietresses. 



BOURNEMOUTH (West Cliff ). 

Aliington Grange 

PRIVATE HOTEL, 

STAXDING in Own Grounds, 
facing Sea, and commanding 
iine View of the Bay. Xear Pier, 
Gardens. Golf Links and Tennis 
Courts. Excellent Cuisine. Sep. 
Tables. Every Comfort. Gas 
Fires in Bedrooms. Elec. Light. 
Moderate Terms. Apolv 
Mr. & Mrs. T. J. GUNN, 

Proprietors. 



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BROCKENHURST. 

In the Heart of the New Forest. 



EN 
PENSION 



The BRIARS 

IS the Best and Most Desirable BOARDING ESTABLISHMENT in the 

* Locality. High-class and Most Reasonable and Accommodating Terms. 
Two minutes walk from the Station. Late Dinners. Pleasant Garden. 
Charming Aspect. Private Apartments if desired ; also Flat to Let. Inclu- 
sive Terms and all Particulars from the Proprietor, 

Mr. C. p. JONES (late Roberts). 



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Bournemouth 



BOURNEMOUTH, East Cliff. 

WIMBLEDON HALL 

Comfortable Private Hotel 
and Boarding Establishment. 

MAGNIFICENT SITUATION AMONG THE PINES. 

Ten minutes from Central Station. 

Four minutes from Sea. 




Well Warmed in Winter. 

HOUSE PARTY EXCURSIONS IN SUMMER. 

Fine Lotinge. Entertainments. Billiards (full size). 
Dining Room seats no. Separate Tables. 

OWN POULTRY AND VEGETABLE FARM IN NEW FOREST 

Terms from SJ Guineas per iveeAr. 

Illustrated Tariff Free. Telephone No. 886. 



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INTRODUCTION. 

Thee Bournemouth of! Fact and of Fiction — Rail and Road 
Routes — Hotels and Tariffs. 

THEREfare two Boumemouths — one of fact, the other 
of fiction. The real Bournemouth is the town with 
the equable climate all the year round, happily placed 
between two double-tidal estuaries, and in summer 
swept by breezes and ranking among the coolest of seaside 
resorts ; while in winter, protected from keen winds, its 
climate is pleasantly temperate. The unreal Bournemouth 
is the town that is mild in winter and enervating in summer ; 
a refuge for the weak-chested to whom a breeze comes as 
a poisonous breath ; the last place to which the robust, 
who can face a stiS breeze and rejoice, should come. 

The latter and utterly untrue conception of the cHmate 
of Bournemouth is gradually losing ground in face of the 
experience of visitors, the testimony of experts, and the 
figures issued daily by the Meteorological Society. 

The attractions of Bournemouth are manifold. Liberal 
pro'^rision for golf, tennis, bowls and other out-door games ; 
pleasure gardens where some of the best instrumental music 
in the kingdom can be enjoyed ; two piers ; steamers that 
in normal times ply to almost every pleasant spot along the 
coast from Brighton to Torquay, and even across the Channel ; 
within easy distance monuments of ancient England as 
majestic as the Priory at Christchurch and the Minster at 
Wimbome ; and within a short railway journey the stately 
cathedrals of Winchester and SaUsbury, and the abbeys of 
Romsey, Sherborne and Bindon. 

The town is cut in two by a long park of exceeding beauty, 
down which a brook babbles ; many a road is Hke a forest 
glade ; and it is but a short walk to the shade of the solemn 
pines in Talbot Woods ; while there are daily excursions by 
road or rail to the widespread wonderland of the New Forest. 
Of all these attractions — so many, so varied, and so alluring — 
it is the purpose of this book to tell. 

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10 RAILWAY ROUTES 

ROUTES TO BOURNEMOUTH. 

(a) By Railway. 

The journey from Waterloo is one of great interest, par- 
ticularly when Winchester is reached, with the view of the 
city on the left, and, a mile farther, a glimpse of Holy 
Cross Church in the same direction. Soon the train skirts 
for some distance the shores of Southampton Water, and 
then runs through the southern borders of the New Forest, 
giving many a pleasant view of woodland and common. 
The last noteworthy sight before reaching Bournemouth is 
the grey Priory of Chrisjchurch. 

Single Tickets from Waterloo to Bournemouth Central, 
31 s. 6d. and 15s. gd. Return (two months), 55s. i^d. and 28s. 
The fares to Bournemouth West Station are sHghtly higher. 

Routes from the Midlands and the North . 

Bournemouth West Station is not only a terminus of the 
London and South- West em Railway, but it is in direct com- 
munication with the Midland system by the running rights 
acquired over the Somerset and Dorset Railway, so that 
passengers by the Midland route are saved the inconvenience 
of changing stations on the way. 

By the Great Northern Railway passengers from Scotland 
and the North of England travel to King's Cross, from which 
station a subway leads to the G.N. Piccadilly and Brompton 
railway station, whence electric trains run at frequent 
intervals to Waterloo, the London terminus of the L. & S.W.R. 

By the London and North Western Railway the route is 
vid Euston and Waterloo. 

By the Great Central Railway there is a through express 
service vid Banbury and Oxford. 

By the Great Western Railway there is a through express 
service vid Basingstoke. 

(6) Motor and Cycle Routes. 

London to Bournemouth. 

From Hyde Park Corner the route for motorists and cyclists 
is westward to Hammersmith Broadway, and through 
Turnham Green to King Edward VII Bridge at Kew (6 m.). 
Continue through Brentford to Hounslow, where turn left by 



ROAD ROUTES 11 

London County, Westminster & Parr's Bank. Then by Bed- 
font and Staines (i6|- m.), where turn to right beyond river, 
and at Egham bear to left along High Street. Half a mile 
beyond church is the foot of Egham Hill, where bear left up 
the stiff ascent, followed by a level stretch and a run down to 
Virginia Water (20} m.). On to Bagshot (26 J m.). About a 
mile beyond, at the fork by the Jolly Farmer, take road leading 
to right by way of Blackwater and Hartley Row (36^ m.). 
A mile on keep to the right for Basingstoke (45 J m.). At the 
farther end of the town, by the Wheatsheaf Inn, turn to left, 
thus leaving the Exeter road. 

At Popham Lane (52|- m.) bear left through King's Worthy 
into Winchester (62f m.). Turn to right at George Hotel, 
pass through West Gate, left along St. James's Street into 
Romsey Road, and it is easy riding to Hursley {6yl m.), half 
a mile beyond which keep to the right. Up the long rise to 
Knapp Hill and then to Romsey (73^ m.). Leaving Romsey 
by way of Bell Street and Middlebridge Street, cross the 
bridge and cHmb the hill. Bear left at top, and it is easy 
running to a stream, just beyond which, turning to left, is 
Ower [yy m,). After crossing a second stream keep to right, 
and to left this side of Cadnam for Lyndhurst (82 m.). Turn 
to right in the main street, and to left at Swan Inn, then on 
through Bank (83 J m.) to Holmesley Station (89 J m.). Two 
miles beyond the station bear left, and there is a long easy 
descent, followed by level road through Hinton and Purewell 
into Christchurch (97 J m.). After crossing the two river 
bridges within view of the Priory turn to right, and at Ante- 
lope Inn to left. Beyond Iford Bridge bear left and follow^ 
the Christchurch Road to Bournemouth (102^ m.). 



Bristol to Bournemouth. 

Follow tramlines along Victoria Street to BrisUngton. 
Then make for Keynsham (2 J m.), keeping to right at church ; 
bear left, and left again along main road to Newton Gate. 
Turn to left over railway and river, and by Upper Bristol 
Road enter Bath {12,^ m.). 

Leave Bath by Milsom Street and New Bond Street, and 
at tramlines turn right along Northgate Street, and to left 
down Bridge Street and Great Pulteney Street, where keep 
bearing to right for Limpley Stoke (18 m.). The road is now 
direct (avoiding turning on left to Trowbridge) through Wool- 
verton and Shawford to Beckington (24!- m.). Here turn 
left for Warminster (314 m.), where turn left again and at 
market-place to right along main road to Heytesbury, beyond 
which keep to right and go through Deptford (42 m.) for 



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12 ROAD ROUTES 

Stapleford, where bear right. Beyond railway follow main 
road to Salisbury (52 J m.). 

From Sahsbury, by way of Catharine Street and Exeter 
Street, to river, and, crossing this, turn left uphill and on 
through Britford and Bodenham to Downton (58 J m.). 
Turn left at Lloyds Bank, Fordingbridge (63 J m.), and to 
right beyond river. Turn left on reaching Ringwood (69 m.). 
Thence by way of Sopley and Staplecross to Ghristchurch 
{yS m.). Turn right after crossing the two river bridges 
within sight of the Priory and at Antelope Inn keep to left 
and to left again over Iford Bridge through Boscombe to 
Bournemouth (83 1 m.). 

The Midlands to Bournemouth. 

Taking Birmingham as a representative centre for the 
Midlands, we have two road routes to Bournemouth, of 
about equal distance. 

Route A. — From Birmingham by way of Moseley, Kings- 
heath and Studley to Alcester (20 m.). On through Norton 
to Evesham (29 m.), and by way of Bengeworth and Hinton 
to Teddington (38 m.) ; then through Bishop's Cleeve to 
Cheltenham (45 J m). Thence through Painswick to Stroud 
(59^ m.); on to Rodborough and Nailsworth (63 J m.), and 
by way of Cold Ashton to Bath (88 m.). For Bath to Bourne- ( 
mouth see previous route. Distance from Birmingham to 
Bournemouth, 159 m. 

Route B. — Leave Birmingham by way of Sparkhill, Shirley 
and Henley-in-Arden for Stratford-upon-Avon (23 m.). Then 
through Shipston-on-Stour and Woodstock to Oxford (61 J 
m.). From Oxford, through Abingdon to Newbury (2,^ m.), 
then via Litchfield and Whitchurch to Winchester (113 m.). 
Turn right at George Hotel, pass through West Gate, turn 
left up St. James' Street into Romsey Road, then on through 
Hursley to Romsey (124 m.). The road is now by way of 
Lyndhurst and Ghristchurch to Bournemouth (154 m.). 

Accommodation in Bournemouth. 

Speaking generally, the charges for hotel and other accom- 
modation are moderate, and considerably lower than those 
ruling in small places where there is only a short summer 
season. 

Furnished apartments are offered in numbers so great 
along the several miles' stretch east and west of and between the 
two piers that even the visitor who arrives in the middle of 
the summer season need not be hopeless about finding shelter. 



HOTELS AND TARIFFS 



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Furnished houses in touch with the promenade vary, 
according to position, from ten to twenty-five guineas per 
week. Rooms at reasonable prices may be found at Pokes- 
down, Winton and other residential districts away from 
the sea front. There the charges may be as low as 15s. 
per room, the cost naturally advancing in proportion with 
the nearness to the front. To the stranger needing guidance 
as to apartments or the renting of houses, furnished or un- 
furnished, the local house agents will gladly act as advisers. 

Hotels and Tariffs. 

Hotels of the highest class are numerous, while the visitor 
of modest means can select from a legion of private hotels and 
boarding houses ; and even the stranger who has no guidance 
may safely choose at will, for Bournemouth's fame in respect 
of these establishments is wide and well deserved. 

The tariffs given on the following pages were obtained by 
direct inquiry of the proprietors, but since the War there 
have been so many fluctuations of price that the terms are 
inserted only as an approximate indication of the grade of 
the various establishments and should in all cases be verified 
by previous inquiry. 



[Abbreviations: R., bedroom; b., breakfast; I., luncheon; t., tea; d., dinner; a., at- 
tendance; fr., from; temp., temperance. Week-end terms include dinner or supper 
on Saturday and breakfast on Monday.] 



Bournemouth. 

Arnewood, West Cliff. 

Branksome Tower. 

Carlton, East CUff. 

Central, The Square : R., single, 5/6 ; 

. double, 11/-; b.y 3/6; l, 3/6; i., 

^ 1/3 ; d., 5/-. 

Boarding terms : fr. 17/6 per 
day ; fr. 105/- per week ; fr. 
35/- per week-end. 
Durley Dean Hydro. 
Grand : R., single, 7/- ; &., 4/- ; L, 
4/-; t.,1/6; d.,7/-. 

Boarding terms : 21/- per day. 
Hlghcliff, West Clifi. 
Hydropathic : R., single, 5/- ; double, 
7/6 ; b., 3/- ; I., 3/6 ; t., 1/- ; d., 
5/- ; a., nil. 

Boarding terms : 16/- per day ; 
fr. 94/6 per week ; fr. 30/- per 
week-end. 
Imperial, Lansdown, East Cliff, 
Lansdowne, Christchurch Road : R., 
single, 6/- ; double, 12/- ; b., 3/6 ; 
L, 3/6 ; t., 1/6 ; d., 5/-. 

Boarding terms : 15/- per day ; 
105/- per week. 

Bournemouth. 



Linden Hall Hydro : Boarding terms : 

fr. 105/- per week. 
Manchester, St. Michael's Road. 
M6trop51e, Christchurch Road : R., 
single, 7/- ; double, 14/- ; b., 5/- ; 
/., 5/- ; t; 1/6 ; d., 7/6. 

Boarding terms : 25/- per day ; 
147/- per week ; 50/- per 
week-end. 
Midland {temp.), Queen's Road, near 
West Station : R., single, fr. 3/6 ; 
double, fr. 6/6 ; b., fr. 2/9 ; /., fr. 
2/9 ; t., fr. 1/6 ; d., fr. 3/6 ; a., i/-. 
Boarding terms : fr. 12/- per day ; 
72/6 per week ; fr. 22/6 per 
week-end. 
Norfolk, Richmond Hill. 
New Savoy, West Cliff. 
Osborne, Exeter Road. 
Queen's, Bournemouth East. 
Royal Bath, Bath Road. 
Royal Exeter, Exeter Road : R., 
single, 7/6 ; double, 17/6 ; &., 4/- ; 
/., 5/-; t.,2/-; d.,7/6. 

Boarding terms : 25/- per day ; 
157/6 per week ; 50/- per 
week-end. 



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HOTELS AND TARIFFS 



[Abbreviations: JR., bedroom; b.. breakfast; I., luncheon; t, tea; d., dinner; c, at- 
tendance ; fr., from ; temp., temperance. Week-end terms include dinner or supper 
on Saturday and breakfast on Monday.] 



PRIVATE HOTELS AND BOARDING 
HOUSES. 

Crag Hall, West Cliff. 

Wimbledon Hall, East Cliff. 

Paragon, West Cliff Gardens. 

Beechwood, St. Michael's Road, West 
Clilf : Boarding terms : fr. 9/- per 
day ; fr. 63/- per week ; fr. 27/- 
per week-end. 

ColUngwood {private), Kerley Road, 
West Cliff : R., single, 6/6 ; double, 
13/-; b.,2/6; /., 2/6; t.,i/-; iL, 
3/6 ; a., nil. 

Boarding terms : f r. 9/6 per da y ; 
fr. 63/- per week ; fr. 21/- per 
week-end. 

Devon Towers, West Cliff. 
Silver How, West Cliff Gardens. 

Woodleigh Tower, Exeter Road : R.. 
single, 4/- ; double, 7/6 ; b., 2/6 ; 
I, 3/- ; t., I/- ; d., 4/6. 

Boarding terms : fr. 12/- per 
day ; fr. 84/- per week ; fr. 
24/- per week-end. 

Buckingham, West Hill Road. 

Oaklands, West Cliff. 

Woodheath, Knyveton Road. 

Haven, Lansdowne Road. 

Abbey Mount [private), Priory Road : 
Boarding terms : 12/6 per day ; 
73/6 per week ; 25/- per week- 
end. 

Eaglescllfle, Durley Gardens: R., 
single, 4/- ; double, 7/6 ; b., 2/6 ; 
Z., 2/6; t.,i/-\ d.,3/e. 

Boarding terms : fr. 9/- per day ; 
fr, 63/- per week ; fr. 17/6 per 
week-end. 

Southlea, Durley Road, West Cliff: 
R., single, 5/- ; double, 10/- ; b., 

2/6 ; /., 3/- ; i-> I/- ; d., 3/6 ; «., 

nil. 

Boarding terms : fr. 12/6 per 
day ; fr. 63/- per week ; fr. 
22/6 per week-end. 

CUflside. 

Nellgherries, Grove Road. 

Fairwood, Christchurch Road. 



House and Estate Agents. 

Lane & Smith, 81, Old Christehurch 

Road. 
Lawrence's, 46, Seaboume Road. 
Rebbeck Bros., Gervis Place. 
Allan & Bath, Charminster Road. 
B. R. Marsh-Edward's, Poole Road 

and Old Christchurch Road. 
Neaum & Neaum, Albert Road. 
W, H. Willoughby, Holdenhurst Road. 



Boscombe. 

Burlington, Owls Road. 

Boscombe Bay. 

Chine. 

Pier. 

Salisbury, Christchurch Road : R., 
single, 7/6 ; double, 15/- ; b., 3/6 ; 
/., 3/6 ; t., 1/3 ; d., 6/-. 

Boarding terms : 18/- per day ; 
112/- per week; 21/- per 
week-end. 

Boscombe Spa. 

Clifton, Undercliff. 



Beaulieu. 

Montague Arms : /?., single, 6/- ; 
double, 10/- ; 6., 3/- ; /., 3/6 ; /., 
1/6; ^.,5/-; «.,!/-. 

Boarding terms : 20/- per day ; 
126/- per week. 



Brockenhurst. 

Balmer Lawn. 

Rose and Crown. 

Morant Arms : R., single, 6/- ; double 
10/- ; b., 3/- ; /., 3/6 ; /., 1/6 ; i., 
6/-. 
Boarding terms : 15/- per day ; 
105/- per week. 

Briars (private). 



Christchurch. 



Antelope. 
King's Arms. 



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A-BBKEViATiOKS : B., bedroom ; i., breakfast; I., luncheon; t., tea; d., dinner;! a., at- 
tendance ; fr., from ; temp., temperance. Week-end terms include dinner or! sapper 
on Saturday and breakfastion Monday.. _ 



ihlp. 

White Hart : R., single, 3/- ; double 

5/-; b. 3/-; ^•>3/-. 
1 Lymington. 

i-lBgel : R', single, 4/- ; double, 8/- ; 
, 6., 3/3; i'» 3/6; <., 1/6; d.,4/-; 

«.» I/-- 
I Boarding terms .'490/- per week. 
liondesborouglL 

House and Estate Agents. 
Lewis & Badcock. 

Lyndhurst. 
Crown, c 

Stag : R., single, 4/- ; double, 7/6 ; 
b;3/6; I., 3/6; t.,1/6; ^., 5/-. 
Boarding terms : 14/6 per day ; 
94/6 per week ; 27/6 per week- 
end. 



Milford-on-Sea. 



Vletoria. 



Poole. 



Antelope. 

Haven, Parkstone; /., 5/6;'/., 1/9 ' d., 

8/6. 
London. 

Ringwood. 
White Hart. 

Bomsey. 

Abbey : R., single, fr. 4/- ; double, 
ir,7/-; 6., 2/6; ;,3/-; t fr. 1/3 ; 
a., fr. 3/6 ; a., nil. 
Boarding terms : 12/6 per day ; 
80/- per week; 24/-perweek- 
, end. 

■Dolphin. 
Phoenix. 

White Horse : R., single, 7/- ; double, 
11/6; 6., 3/-; /., 3/6; /., 1/6; 
<i., 5/-. 

Boarding terms : 105/- per week. 

Salisbury. 

Crown : R., single, fr. 4/6 ; double, 

fr. 10/- ; 6., fr. 3/-; I., fr. 3/-; /., 

1/6 ; d,, fr. 5/6 ; a., niL 
Red IJon : R.^ single, 5/- ; double, 

10/-; b., 3/6; /., 3/6; <., 1/6; 

«'., 5/6. 



Boarding terms : 15/- per day 
87/6 per week. 

Old George {private)^: R., single, fr. 
5/6; double, fr. 9/-; 6., 3/-; I., 
3/6; t., 1/6; ^.,5/-. 
Boarding terms : 15/- per day ; 
94/6 per week. 

White Hart : R., single, 6/- ; double, 
12/-; 6., 4/-; lu 4/-; /., 1/6; 
<^., 7/-. 

Boarding terfns : 22/6 per day ; 
1 15/6 per week. 

County : R., single, 7/- ; double, 
13/6; 6., 4/-; /., 4/-; ^.. 1/6; 
d., 7/-. 

Boarding terms 22/6 per day; 
1 15/6 per week. 

Southbourne. 

Gordon. 
South Clifr. 

House and Estate Agent 
Lawrence's, 46, Seaboume Road. 

Swanage. 

Grosvenor. 
Royal Victoria. 
Railway. 

Ship : R., single, 4/- ; double, 7/6 ; 
b;3/-; I; 3/-; t.,1/3; d.,4/-. 
Boarding terms : 15/- per day ; 
105/- per week; 27/6 per 
week-end. 
Purbeck. 

Private Hotels and Boarding Houses. 
Westbury, Rempstone Road: Board- 
ing terms : fr. 63/- per week. 
Rocklands, StaSord Road. 
Elwyn, Stafford Road : Boarding 
terms : 12/6 per day ; fr. 84/- per 
week ; 26/- per week-end. 
Ivyholme, Cranbome Road. 
Magnolia, High Street: Boarding 
terms : 10/- per day ; fr. 63/- per 
week ; 20/- per week-end. 
Penlu, Taunton Road. 
Cralgside; R., single, 5/; -double, 
10/-; 6., 2/-; /., 2/6; t„ ih;i d„ 
3/6. 

Boarding terms : 10/6 per dayj 
72/6 per week; 31/6 per 
week-end. 

House and Estate Agent 
E. L. Hizson, Station Road. 



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HOTELS AND TARIFFS 



[Abbrhviatioks : E., bedroom"; 6., breakfast ; 
tendance ; fr., from ; temp., temperance, 
on Saturday and breakfast on Monday.] 



{., luncheon ; (., tea ; d,, dinner ; a., mt/^ 
Week-end terms include dinner or GUppeir 



Wimborne. 

Grown. 

King's Head : R. and 6., single, 7/6 ; 
double, 13/6 ; I., 3/6 ; t,, 1/6 ; d, 
4/6. 

Boarding terms : 15/- per day ; 
73/6 per week ; 30/- per week- 
end. 

Griffin : i?., single, 5/- ; double, 6/- ; 
6., 3/-? ^.,3/6; ef.,4/-. 



Boarding terms : 12/6 per day 
80/- per week; 22/- per 
week-end. 

Winchester. 

George, High Street. 

Black Swan. 

Albion. 

Eagle (near S.W. Rly.TStation). 

Royal, St. Peter Street : R., single,, 
6/6 ; double, 11/6 ; 6., 3/6 ; h 
4/- ; t., 1/6 ; rf., 5/6 ; a., nil. 

Star. 



PRELIMINARY INFORMATION. 

IN this section are summarized, in alphabetical order, a 
number of miscellaneous items of interest and impor- 
tance to visitors. 

Access. 

Bournemouth is situated on Christchurch Bay, in the 
extreme south-west corner of Hampshire, io8 miles by rail 
from London. It is on the London and South-Western Rail- 
way, which provides direct and speedy access from most 
parts of the kingdom. For direct routes from the North 
of England see Introduction. The town faces due south, 
is protected from east and north-east winds by a range of 
low hills, and behind it is a belt of pine trees, which, from 
the nature of their ever- verdant foliage, act as Nature's 
aseptic and scented respirator, charging the atmosphere 
with healthful and invigorating properties. 

Arcades. 

There are well-appointed and attractive arcades at Bourne- 
mouth, Boscombe and Westbourne. 

The Gervis Arcade is a glass-covered way, 20 feet in width 
and 200 feet long, leading from the Old Christchurch Road, 
near the Square, to Gervis Place and the Pleasure Gardens. 
The shops are attractive and seats are provided. 

The Post Office Arcade is a covered passage, with shops on 
each side, leading from the Old Christchurch Road, opposite 
the Gervis Arcade, to letter boxes and an entrance to the 
Post Office for use when the front entrance is closed. 

The Boscombe Arcade, in the Christchurch Road, close 
to the Hippodrome, is another fine structure.. 443 feet in 
length, hned with shops. 

The Westbourne Arcade is similar to the Gervis Arcade. 

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18 AVIATION— BATHING 

Aviation, 

Bournemouth has always taken a keen interest in aviation. 
The Centenary Fetes in 1910 included one of the earliest 
flying meetings in this country, and in 191 9 the Schneider 
International Seaplane Race was flown over a triangular 
course, having its starting and finishing points ofl Bourne- 
mouth Pier. The present Aerodrome is at Ensbury Park, 
near Moordown, where passenger flights are arranged, 
and tuition is given in all branches of flying. 

Banks. 

Lloyds, 49 and 126, Old Christchurch Road. 

London Joint City and Midland, ^7, Old Christchurch Road. 

National Provincial and Union, 5, Old Christchurch Road. 

London County, Westminster and Parr's, 27, Old Christ- 
church Road. 

Barclay's, 61, Old Christchurch Road. 

All the principal banks have branches in various parts of 
the borough. 

Bathing. 

A better beach for bathing than that of Bournemouth 
would be difficult to find. Owing to the fact that the coast 
here is visited by two tidal waves which arrive at diflerent 
times and thus neutralize each other, there is so little difference 
between high and low water that, to one unfamiliar with the 
place, the tide seems always to be in. A second, or half 
tide, occurs about three hours after each high tide, and 
the time of low water is about three hours after the second 
inflow. In consequence of this, bathing may be indulged in 
with safety and comfort at any state of the tide ; and also 
with pleasure, for the sands are clean and firm. 

Under certain conditions as to time and place, private 
tents may be erected, or a dip taken before 8 a.m. from the 
open beach or piers. But the latter should be used only by 
those accustomed both to deep water and strong currents. 
Mixed bathing, regulated by special bye-laws is general. 
In the town there are several private bathing establishments, 
and near the Pier is a large tepid swimming bath. On stated 
days it is available for ladies. ! 

Bordering the UndercUfl Drives, east and west of Bourne- j 



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outh Pier, are long rows of cabins which can be rented 
from the Corporation on moderate terms, and serve not 
only for bathing, but as a kind of " home from home *' through- 
out the day. There are also a large number of square canvas 
tents and bathing machines. 

PaddUng is a safe amusement on this gently sloping beach, 
and one of decided benefit to children. 



Boating. 

The sheltered nature of the bay and the small rise and 
fall in the tide combine to make boating safe and pleasant. 
Rowing boats for one or two persons, 25. per hour, each 
additional person 15. Boat, with boatman, 4s, per hour. 
Sailing, with boatman and up to three persons, ^s. per hour. 

Below the West ChfE and close to the Pier are the boat- 
houses of the Westover and Bournemouth and the Y.M.C.A. 
boating clubs. In addition to the usual facilities for rowing 
along the coast, there is excellent river boating. The custom- 
ary charge for a boat is is. per hour. At Wick Ferry, near 
Christchurch, boats of all kinds may be hired, from the racing 
skiff and the light canoe, to the angler's punt and the pleasure 
boat. A large houseboat moored by the bank serves as a 
tea-room for visitors. At Tuckton Creek, on the Stour, 
easily reached by electric tram, is a fine fleet of boats, varied 
enough to suit all classes of oarsmen. Close to the riverside 
a red-brick pavilion has the basement fitted as a boathouse, 
while the upper storey serves as a refreshment-room, with 
lavatory and cloak-room. From the paviUon balcony there 
is a charming view of rich pastoral country, the tree-fringed 
river winding among the meadows, and the historic pile of 
Christchurch Priory looming in the distance. Another popular 
boating station is the If ord Bridge, reached by the trams along 
Christchurch Road and from Pokesdown Station. Persons 
unfamiliar with these streams will be well advised to keep 
clear of the weeds, which are often very thick and in places 
impassable. 

Bournemouth has so extended its boundaries eastward 
that it would hardly be a misnomer to term it " Bournemouth 
on the Stour." Certainly the manifold charms of the Stour 
River, its interest to the oarsman and the angler, and its 
historic associations, are among the attractions that draw 
visitors to Bournemouth, especially now that these riverside 



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20 BOATING— BOWLS— CABS 

regions are so easily reached by tramway, and the train 
service is supplemented by rail motors. 

It should be added that the Stour is open for boating up- 
ward to the Sheepwash at Iford Dales, and downward to the 
junction of the stream with the Avon at Christchurch, where — 

Those married streams their floods unite. 

Barricades prevent passage beyond the Sheepwash — - 
though whether these barricades have legal authority is a 
matter for discussion. But it is a pity that, owing to depre- 
dations, not by regular visitors but by trippers, the riparianl 
owner has closed the stream passage by boat. 

The visitor to Bournemouth is also within a short tram or 
train ride of the land-locked Poole Harbour (p. 103), a sheet 
of water in great favour with yachtsmen, providing as it 
does a magnificent sailing expanse. Excellent boats and 
skilled boatmen may be engaged at either Parkstone or Poole. 

Bowls. 

This good old English pastime is deservedly popular at 
Bournemouth, and the Corporation have made a liberal 
provision of well-kept greens. Notable instances are at 
Meyrick Park, King's Park, Argyll Gardens, Boscombe CliS 
Gardens, Alum Chine, Winton Recreation Ground, South- 
bourne Gardens and Knyveton Gardens. The charges are 
^d. per hour each player, including use of bowls ; shoes 2d. ; 
per week, by tickets available on any green, 4s. ; season 
tickets, available on any green, 31st July to 30th September, 
15s. Playing members of a registered club, 215. per annum, 
or if joining after 31st July, 105. 6d. only. 

Cab Classification and Fares. 

To meet the increased outgoings arising from the War, an 
addition of 25 per cent, plus 6d. to the undermentioned fares 
has been sanctioned by the Corporation. 

A number of taxicabs are usually stationed in the open 
space between the Pier entrance and the Pleasure Gardens 
and in other parts of the town. The fare is 15. per mile, 
^d. for each succeeding quarter of a mile. Minimum fare, 
15. Waiting or stoppages at the rate of 45. per hour (calcu- 
lated on the basis of 3c?. for each 3|- minutes). The cars 
are geared not to exceed 18 miles per hour. 



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CABS— CHURCHES 21 

Vehicles licensed to ply for hire within the Borough are 
divided by the Corporation bye-laws into the following 
! classes : — 

Class A . — Carriages to hold four persons inside and one on 
the box, exclusive of the driver. 

Class B. — Hansom cabs to carry two persons. 

Class C. — Carriages for two persons inside and one on the 
box. 

Class D. — Carriage for two persons. 

Class E. — Bath chairs, drawn by a pony, for one person. 

Class F. — Bath chairs, drawn by hand or by a donkey, 
for one person. 

Class G. — Carriages for two children, drawn by a donkey or 
goat. 

Cab Fares by Distance in classes A, B, C and D are is. for 

the first mile or part of a mile, and 6d. for each half mile or 
part of a half mile above the first mile. For stoppages, 
6d. for every complete quarter of an hour. 

An additional 6d. for each person beyond two is due to 
drivers of class A carriages and taxicabs. 

Cab Fares by Time. — Classes A and B, 3s. for one hour, gd. 
for each quarter of an hour afterwards. Classes C and D, 
25. for first hour, 6d. for each quarter of an hour afterwards. 
Classes E, F and G, is. 6d. for first hour, gd. for each subse- 
quent half hour. 

An additional 6d. is due to drivers of class A carriages for 
carrjdng five persons, and to drivers of class C for carrying 
three persons. 

Two children under the age of ten are counted as one person. 
Between midnight and 6 a.m. the fares are increased by one 
half. When the vehicle is hired in the Borough, the same 
fares apply to distances within seven miles of the Pier ; but 
it is not obligatory upon the drivers to go beyond the Borough 
boundaries. As a rule they are willing to do so by distance 
but not by time. 

Churches and Chapels, 
With hours of service on Sundays. 

St- Peter's^'^fHTton Road)- Holy Trinity (Old Christchurch 

6 (ist), 7, 8 10, 11.15, 12.30 ^?^^^J—^,^ l^' '^-'5' 3.15 

(2nd), 2.40 (Litiiv), 3 (Even- (children) 6.30, and 7-45 

song), 4 (children), and 6.30. P-"^- ^^^^^)' 



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CHURCHES AND CHAPELS 



St. Stephen's (St. Stephen*s 

Road) — 8, lo, II, 3 and 

6.30. 
St. PauVs (near Central Station) 

— 8, II and 6.30. 
St. Swithtin's (Manor Road) — 6 

(4th), 7 (2nd), 8, II, 12.15 

(ist and 3rd), 3.15 and 

6.30. 
St. MichaeVs (Poole Road) — 8, 

II, 12.20, 3, 4 (children), and 

6.30. 
St. A mbrose's ( Westboume) — 

8, 10, 11.15, 3-T5 and 6.30. 
St. Andrew's (Malmesbury Park) 

— 8, II and 6.30. 
St. Augustin's (Wimbome Road) 

—6.30 (ist), 8, 9.45 (3rd), II, 

12.15 (3rd), 3 (winter) and 

6.30. 
St. Alban's (Charminster Road) 

— 8, II, 12, 3.30 and 6.30. 
St. ClemenVs (Knole Road, 

Boscombe)— 7, 8, 10, 11, 3.15 

and 6.30. 
St. John's (Boscombe) — 7 (3rd), 

8, II, 3.15, 4 (5th), and 6.30. 
St. Andrew's (Florence Road, 

Boscombe) — 8, 11 and 6.30. 
St. PauVs — II, 3 and 6.30. 
St. James's (Pokesdown) — 8, 11 

and 6.30. 
All Saints' (Pokesdown)— 8, 

10.30, 11.45 (ist), 12.15 (3rd), 

3 and 5.30. 
5/. Katharine's (Southboume) — 

7, 8, 10, II. 15 and 6.30. 

St. John's (Surrey Road) — 8, 11, 

12.30, 3 and 6.30. 
All 5flt«/s'(Branksome Park) — 

8, II, 3 and 6.30. 

St. AUihelm's (Lindsay Road, 

Branksome) — 7, 8, 10.15, 11, 

3.15, 6.30. 
St. John's (Moordown) — 7, 8, 11, 

3.15 and 6.30. 
St. Luke's (Winton) — 8, 11. 15, 

3.15 and 6.30. 
Christ Church (Alumhurst Road, 

Westboume) — 8, 11 and 6.30. 

Nonconformist. 
Baptist : Lansdowne (Lans- 

dowTie Road) — 11 and 6.30. 
Boscombe (Palmerston Road, 

Boscombe) — 11 and 6.30. 



Rosehery Park (Pokesdown) — 

II and 6.30. 
West Cliff Tabernacle (Poole 

Road) — II and 6.30. 
Winton (Cardigan Road) — 11 

and 6.30. 
Christian Scientist : Avenue 

Road — 1 1. 1 5 and 6.30. 
Congregational : Richmond Hill 
(Bourne Avenue) — 11 and 

6.30. 
East Cliff (Holdenhurst Road) — 

II and 6.30. 
Boscombe (Christchurch Road),. 

— II and 6.30. 
Westboume (Poole Road) — 11 

and 6.30. 
Charminster Road — 1 1 , 3 

(Brotherhood), and 6.30. 
Pokesdown — 11 and 6.30. 
Winton (Wimbome Road) — 11, 

3 (Brotherhood), and 6.30. 
Stourwood (Southboume Road) 

— II and 6.30. 
Moordown (Malvern Road) — 11 

and 6.30. 
Presbyterian : St. Andrew's 

(The Square) — 11 and 6.30. 
St. Mark's (Bath Road)— 11 

and 6.30. 
Springbourne (McGill Memorial 

Mission) — 11 and 6.30. 
Wesleyan : Punshon Memorial 

(Richmond Hill) — 11 and 6.30. 
Springbourne (Holdenhurst Rd.) 

— II and 6.30. 
Boscombe (Ashley Road) — 11 

and 6.30. 
Westboume (Poole Road) — 11 

and 6.30. 
Pokesdown (Seaboume Road) — 

II and 6.30. 
Winton (Wimbome Road) — 11 

and 6.30. 
Primitive Methodist : Commer- 
cial Road — II and 6.30. 
Springbourne (Curzon Road) — 

II, 2.30 (Bible Class), and 

6.30. 
Pokesdown (Hannington Road) 

— II, 2.30 (Bible Class), and 

6.30. 
Arnwood Road (West South- 
boume) — II and 6.30. 
Malmesbury Park — 11 and 6.30 



CLBIATE— CLUBS 23 

Unitarian : West Hill Road — Corpus Chrvsii (Boscombe) — 7, 

II and 6.30. 8, 9.30, 11 and 6.30. 

Friends : Avenue Road — 11 Church of the Annunciation 

and (summer only) 6.30. (Charminster Road) — 8, 10 

Roman Catholic : Church of the and 3. 

Sacred Heart (Richmond St. Joseplis and Walburga 

Hill) — 8, 9.30, II, 3.30 and (Bournemouth Road, Brank- 

6.30. some) — 8.30, II and 6.30. 

Chapel of Mary Immaculate Jews : Synagogue, Wootton Gar- 

(Westboume) — 8.30. dens, Friday evening, half 

Chapel of the Transfiguration hour after commencement of 

(Canford ClifEs) — 8, 11, 3, Sabbath; Saturday morning, 

6.30. 9.30. 

Climate. 

Temperate all the year round and free from fogs. The 
sandy, porous soil, the sunniness of the district and the dry 
air combine to prevent the climate from being relaxing. 
(For full notes on the Climate, see pp. 41-3.) 

Clubs. 

For terms of membership apply to the respective secretaries. 

Bournemouth Club. — This well-appointed social club is 
near the Pier, with the principal rooms facing the sea. 

New Club, Poole Road. 

The Club (Social), The Crescent, Boscombe. 

Constitutional Club, Richmond Hill. 

Central Club (non-political), The Triangle. 

Rotary Club, The Grand Hotel. " Service not Self." 

Central Cricket Club. — List of fixtures and terms of mem- 
bership may be had on application to the Secretar\\ There 
is also the King's Park Club. 

Amateur Rowing Club. — The headquarters are on the beach 
west of the Pier. jNIembership tickets, available for visitors 
at a small fee, include use of boathouse, reading and bilhard- 
rooms. 

Golf. — There are the Bournemouth and the Me^Tick and 
Queen's Park Clubs, the Bournemouth Ladies' Club, and 
Bournemouth St. George's (Branksome Park). {See pp. 28-31 ) 

Swimming Club. — The headquarters are at the Baths. 

Angling Society, for coarse fish in fresh and salt water. 
Headquarters at the Royal Arms Hotel, Commercial Road, 

Boscombe and Soutbbourne Sea-fishing Club. — Headquar- 
ters, Salisbury Hotel. Monthly competitions on Wednesdays 
and Saturdays. 



24 CLUBS— CRICKET 

Chess Club, Gervis Hall Restaurant, Gervis Place, 9 a.m. 
to 7.30 p.m. except Sundays and Bank Holidays. Ladies 
are admitted. Week, is. 6d. ; fortnight, 2s. 6d. ; two 
months, ys. 6d. ; four months, 105. 6d. ; year, 215. 

Y.M.C.A., Cairns Memorial House, St. Peter's Road, with 
reading and writing-rooms, gymnasium, rowing club, etc. 

A similar branch at The Grange, Christchurch Rd., Bos- 
combe. 

Y.M.C.A. Red Triangle Club, corner of Edgehil Road, 
and Wimbome Road, Winton. Library, baths, refresh- 
ments, billiard tables, rifle range and garden, 6s. per 
annum. 

The Y.W.C.A. occupy a fine building, known as the Digby 
Institute, in Post Office Road. 

Lawn Tennis. — The Bournemouth (Dean Park) ; the 
Upper Gardens ; the Southbourne (also for Croquet). 

Bournemouth Natural Science Society. — Has a very large 
membership and attracts scientists from all parts of the 
country. Monthly lectures in the winter ; numerous excur- 
sions in the summer. 

Bournemouth Literature and Art Association. — Municipal 
College. 

Bournemouth Chamber of Trade. — Richmond Chambers, 
The Square. 

Coach and Motor Trips. 

Well-appointed chars-^-bancs and luxurious motors leave 
the Square daily during the season at 10.30 and 2.30. Pro- 
grammes of the trips for the ensuing week are obtainable 
each Friday or Saturday. The excursions include practically 
every place of interest or beauty within a day's journey. 
(For further particulars, see pp. 94—8). 

Cricket. 

There are excellent pitches in Meyrick Park, King's Park 
and the Winton Recreation Ground. The beautiful Dean 
Park is the scene of County matches. During the Cricket 
Week, generally held at the height of the summer season, 
there are two first-class matches in one week. Usually, the 
Hampshire C.C. meet two other County teams in the cham- 
pionship tournament ; but whenever possible a special 
interest is given to the Week by the inclusion among the 
fixtures of a " Gentlemen v. Players " match. 



CROQUET— DISTANCES— FISHING 



25 



Interesting matches are also played in Poole Park by the 
Dorset CO. 

Croquet. 

There are public croquet lawns in Argyll Gardens and 
Boscombe Cliff Gardens, including the use of croquet sets. 
Fee, 15. per hour for each person, or 35. for four persons. 
Annual tickets, £1 los. od. Croquet can also be played in 
Dean Park. 

Distances from Bournemouth. 





Miles. 








Miles, 


Bath .... 


. 67 


Parley 5 


BeauHeu 


. 234 


Poole . . 






5 


Bindon Abbey . . 


. I9i 


Ringwood . 






. 14* 


Blandford . 


. 18 


Romsey . . 






. 3ii 


Bristol .... 


• 79 


Rufus' Stone 






. 24 


Boldrewood . 


. 21 


Salisbury- 






. 31 


Brockenhurst . 


19 


Shaftesbury . 






. 30 


Canford Magna 


H 


Sopley . 






H 


Christchurch 


5 


Southampton 






284 


Corfe Castle (by land 


) m 


Swanage (by rail) 




23 


Dorchester . 


28i 


Do. (by sea) 




74 


Exeter .... 


70 


Talbot Village . 




3 


Holdenhurst 


4 


Throop . 






5 


London (rail) . 


108 


Torquay. 






93 


Lulworth Cove 


224 


Wareham . 






14 


Lymington . 


17 


Weymouth . 






32 


Lyndhurst . 


19 


Wimbome . 






10 


Muscliff 


4 


Winchester . 






42 


Parkstone . . 


3 











Early Closing. 

The principal early closing day is Wednesday, but many 
shops close on Saturday. 

Fishing. 

Sea Fishing of a high order may be had nearly all the 
year off and near the Bournemouth coast. The sport is 
generally so excellent that it is to be regretted that this 
feature of Bournemouth's attractions is not more widely 
known. Bass fishing, the best sport the sea can offer, can 
be enjoyed from the piers. The old quay at Mudeford, ij 
miles south-east of Christchurch, is a vantage-ground much 



FISHING 27 

favoured by the angler for bass. It can be reached either 
by road or motor boat. Poole Harbour ranks as one of the 
best places for angling along the South Coast, bass and other 
sea fish being plentiful ; while to the sport should be added 
the attraction of the surrounding scenery. Near Branksea 
Castle, or from the Pottery Jetty, good catches may con- 
fidently be expected. Other spots are off the WTiiting Rocks, 
which are about i J miles westward of the Pier ; off Hengist- 
bury Head, and off the Old Harry Rocks. Tackle and bait 
may be hired from the boatmen. 

A member of the City of London Piscatorial Society 
wrote to the angling press to the effect that in six hours 
off Bournemouth, with one rod, he took 140 good fish, mostly 
plaice, dabs, whiting, pout and sea bream. Some of the 
dabs weighed i^ lb., and the plaice averaged 2 lb. each. 
The best spot off Bournemouth seems to be near the Whiting 
Rocks, opposite Durley Chine. 

It should be added that ladies and children find capital 
sport in fishing from the pier for smelts with a No. 10 hook. 

River Fishing. — Fresh-water fishing may be had in the 
Stour and the Avon, the latter being the river from which 
the famous Chris tchurch salmon are taken. The fishing 
rights in most parts of the Stour are reserved. Roach 
fishing at 55. a day, and pike fishing at los. a day, may be had 
in Miss Mill's water in the Avon above Christchurch. It is 
necessary for the angler to engage a boat and a man. 

Of the Stour and the Avon the latter is by far the more 
prolific. Salmon are netted at certain times of the tide at 
the channel known as the Run at Mudeford, where the waters 
of the united rivers meet the sea. It is said that the value 
of the fish caught annually exceeds ;f3,ooo. 

Coarse fishing is to be had in the Frome at Wareham and 
farther afield in the Itchen. Pike, perch, roach, dace and 
chub are plentiful, and at Ringwood there are some grayling.. 
Trout fishing is very closely preserved. 

Gardens and Parks. 

Bournemouth, with a total area of 6,643 acres, is fortunate 
in the possession of no fewer than 789 acres of parks and 
pleasure grounds. 

The Pleasure Gardens, divided by the Square into the Upper 
and Lower Gardens, follow the winding course of the Bourne 
rivulet, and form the most striking feature of the general 



28 GARDENS AND PARKS— GOLF 

plan of Bournemouth from the extreme inland end to the 
coast. 

The Pinetum is a pine-shaded avenue leading from the 
Pier Approach to the Arcade Gate. 

The Talbot V/oods, a pine forest, cover an extensive tract 
on the north-west of Bournemouth. 

The Boscombe Chine Gardens comprise a valley leading 
from Christchurch Road to the sea. They have an area of 
nine acres, with tennis lawns and a miniature lake. The 
Boscombe Cliff Gardens have a bowling green, and com- 
mand a delightful coast view, including, in clear weather, 
a great part of the Isle of Wight. 

The western summit of Alum Chine, the most westward 
of the ravines in the Borough, is laid out as a pubHc garden, 
with bowling green and tennis lawn. 

Meyrick Park, the delight of golfers, cricketers and pedes- 
trians, is a beautiful and picturesque expanse of heather and 
grassland, covering 1 1 8 acres between the town and Talbot 
Woods. A " halt '* has been provided on the junction line 
connecting Bournemouth Central and Bournemouth West 
stations. 

Among other open spaces are the Knyveton Gardens, Dean 
Park, the Horse Shoe Common, the Queen's Park of 173 acres, 
the King's Park of 58 acres at Boscombe, the Winton Recrea- 
tion Ground, for cricket, football and bowls, and, just west of 
the Borough, Branksome Chine, lovely with its dells and tiny 
lakes. 

The Winter Gardens have entrances both in Exeter Road 
and Tregonwell Road. The high-class musical and other 
entertainments connected with the Winter Gardens are 
indicated on pp. 33 and 62. 

Golf. 

Golfers are very well catered for in Bournemouth, two 
iirst-class public courses having been provided by municipal 
enterprise. 

The Meyrick Park links include an area of about 60 acres. 
The 1 8-hole course (see plan on p. 26) has a playing distance 
of about 3 miles. The ladies' course has nine holes. At 
the entrance to the links from the Central Drive and Dur- 
rant Road is a pavilion for the free use of the public ; but 
many players, both resident and visiting, attach themselves 



GOLF 29 

to the Bournemouth or the Meyrick and Queen's Park Club, 
both of which have paviHons on the ground. Luncheons, teas 
and other refreshments can be obtained at the Corporation 
pavilion. 

The course has been laid out with extreme skill, and, if 
not of great length, has the hazards so carefully placed that 
although the carries are not at a great distance from the 
tees, they are yet of a character to test the skill of the average 
player. The manner in which the putting greens and the 
guarding hazards have been arranged calls for such accuracy 
in lofting that a better school than these Meyrick Park links 
could hardly be imagined for those desirous of practice in the 
finer points of the game. Turbary and other common rights 
(p. 139) forestalled and conditioned the Corporation's ac- 
quisition of park and links, and players must fully respect 
the liberties of users of public paths across lines of play. 

The Ladies' Course, distinguished by a border of firs, is 
within the larger course on which the men play. 

In Queen's Park, easily reached by the Holdenhurst Road 
tramway, is another i8-hole course of a sporting character, 
laid do'svn by the Corporation at a cost, including pavilions, 
of ;^i 5,000. The full length is 3 miles 838 yards. (See 
plan, p. 30.) 

In each of the parks a charge of 1 5. 6d. each person is made 
for the round of 1 8 holes. Tickets must be obtained from 
the caddie-master before starting each ^ound. Periodical 
tickets are issued at 25. 6d. for the day, 105. weekly, 205. 
monthly, and 42s. per annum (ladies 305.). Playing members 
of registered clubs : gentlemen, 355., ladies, 2 5s. All tickets 
expire on September 30. No Sunday play. Annual and 
monthly tickets are not available on the Christmas, Easter 
and Bank holidays, and weekly tickets then cost 15s. and 
the charge for a round or for the day is doubled. Caddies 
are paid gd. for 9 holes, 15. 6d. for 18 holes (Meyrick Park, 
IS. -^d.). Lockers for storing clubs, 15. 6d. week, 35. months 
105. 6d. per annum. 

The Bournemouth Club : — Annual subscription, inclusive 
of green fees on one course, £^ 75. Green fees for temporary 
members, day, 25. ; w^eek, ys. 6d. ; month, 205., in addition 
to club subscriptions of 15., 35., or ys. 6d. 

Bournemouth Ladies .^ — Annual subscription, £1 10s. for 
one course, £2 ys, for both courses and clubhouses. Tem- 
porary members, week, 25. ; month, 5s. ; six months, 12s., for 



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one course ; or 35., 7s. 6d., or 15s. for both. In addition there 
are the Corporation green fees. 

The Meyrick and Queen's Park Club admits temporary 
members at 10 s. 6d. weekly, 27s. 6d. monthly, and 45s. for 
three months, including Corporation fees and use of both 
clubhouses and lockers. Annual subscription : residents, 
£2 12 s. 6d. for both courses, or £1 iis. 6d, Meyrick section ; 
non-playing members, £1 iis. 6d. ; entrance fee, £2 25.; 
ladies* and country members* entrance fee, £1 is. \ subscrip- 
tions, £1 IS. The above subscriptions do not include the 
capitation fees payable to the Corporation. 

At Brockenhurst are the course of the Brockenhurst Club at 
pretty Balmer Lawn, a short distance north of Brockenhurst 
railway station, and the Brockenhurst Manor golf course of 
18 holes {see pp. 149-150). The New Forest Club has 
links at Lyndhurst (p. 145). Other links are: the Park- 
stone Golf Club's course between Parkstone and Canford 
Cliffs, ten minutes' walk from St. Osmund's Church (on 
tram route) (p. 107), and the Dorset Club's course at Broad- 
stone Heath, eight miles from Bournemouth, close to Broad- 
stone Junction. Green fees, day, 2s. 6d. ; Sundays and 
hohdays, 55. ; week, 125. 6d. ; month, 405. 

There is also an i8-hole course at Studland. Green fees, 
day, 25. 6d. ; round, 2s. ; week, ys. 6d. ; fortnight, 12s. 6d.; 
three weeks, 155. ; month, 205. 

Hunting. 

There are several packs of hounds in the vicinity of Bourne- 
mouth, viz., the South Dorset, Sir John Thursby's, Lord 
Portman's, the Cattistock, the New Forest Hounds (both 
stag and fox), and the Blackmoor Vale Hounds. The Meets 
are announced every Saturday during the season in the 
local press. When the fixture is distant the railway faciUties 
for sending on horses are of the best description. 

Libraries. 

Connected with the Municipal College at Lansdowne 
is the Central Public Library, including lending and " open 
access " reference departments as well as reading-rooms. A 
notable feature is the unique Camm Musical Reference 
Library. Visitors wishing to use the lending department 
can do so on payment of a small fee. The reference depart- 



32 LOCAL GOVERNMENT 

ment and reading-rooms, open from lo a.m to lo p m 
are free to all. There are branches at Boscombe (Christ" 
church Road), Westbourne (Alumhurst Road), Springbourne 
(Holdenhurst Road), and Winton (Wimborne Road) All 
the branch newsrooms are open from lo a.m. to lo p m • 
the lendmg department at Boscombe is open every after- 
noon and evening, at other branches only on certain days. 
The local booksellers have excellent subscription Ubraries. 

Lifts. 

At the foot of Meyrick Road an electric lift provides easy 
communication with the East Underdiff Drive and Promenade. 

On the West Chfif, beyond the bathing cabins, a similar Hft 
saves the toilsome ascent or descent of the chff. 

Local Government. 

In 1890, when Bournemouth was made a municipal bor- 
ough. It had a sea-frontage of three miles, a population of 
rather less than 38,000, and was divided into six wards 
-Kut considerable inconvenience was caused by part of its 
area being in the civil parish of Christchurch and part in 
Holdenhurst; and in 1901 Bournemouth was raised to 
the dignity of a County Borough, with its own bench of 
magistrates and Quarter Sessions. 

That arrangement added between three and four miles to 
the sea-frontage and doubled the borough area. In 1914 
the boundary was again extended, and the area now com- 
prises 6 643 acres. The Corporation consists of thirty-three 
Councillors and eleven Aldermen. 

The Borough includes eleven wards, as follows :-— 

Boscombe East Springbourne. 

Boscombe West. Westbourne 

S^^^^al- West Chff. 

East Cliff. Winton. 

Malmesbury Park. Moordown. 
Southbourne. 

The last Redistribution Act made Bournemouth a Parlia- 
mentary Borough. It was previously included in the Parlia- 
mentary Borough of Christchurch. 




Bour^iemouth. 



MOTOR TRIPS— MUSIC 33 

Motor 'Buses. 

To supplement the tramway services the Corporation 
maintain during the summer a service of motor 'buses 
between Boscombe Arcade and Boscombe Pier. 

Motor 'buses also connect the County Gates, Canford CHfls, 
the Haven and Sandbanks. Other services connect Bourne- 
mouth with Lymington'and Southampton ; Blandford ; Ring- 
wood and Salisbury. Fare, 6d, and 15. each way. 

Motor Trips. 

Few places can compare with Bournemouth in the matter 
of well-organized motor char-a-banc runs to places of interest. 
Arrangements are, of course, too variable to be quoted here, 
but it may be mentioned that the proprietors' programmes 
include visits to such distant spots as Stonehenge, Bath and 
Cheddar, and a great number of equally interesting places 
within shorter distance. For the latter excursions see pp. 
94-8. The j usual starting-place is the Square; morning 
and all -day trips leaving about 10.30, and afternoon runs 
about 2.30. 

Private motorists will find on pp. 99-102 notes on the 
routes to the principal places visited from Bournemouth. 

Music. 

The Municipal Music is a most important feature of the 
amusements of Bournemouth. The Director is Mr. Dan 
Godfrey, Hon. R.A.M. No fewer than sixty musicians are 
employed by the Corporation to form the Municipal Orchestra 
of forty to forty-five performers and the Municipal Band 
of about twenty performers. 

During the summer (for winter particulars see p. 63) the 
full Orchestra plays each morning on the Pier at 11. 15, 
and each evening at 7.45 o'clock in the Winter Gardens. 
Also each afternoon (except Wednesday) a Section Orchestra 
plays on the Pier. On Wednesday afternoon a Syinphony 
Concert is given at the Winter Gardens. 

During the summer season the Military Band plays each 
afternoon either on the Pier or in one of the Parks, and each 
evening on Bournemouth Pier. During the winter it plays 
on the Pier each morning. Concerts are also given by the 
Military Band on Sunday afternoon and evening during the 
summer season. 

First-class concert parties also perform daily at 10, 3 and 
7 on the Pier. 

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34 NEWSPAPERS— POSTAL 

(For a fuller notice of the entertainments at the Winter 
Gardens, see pp. 62-3). 

Bournemouth may justly pride itself upon the fact that it . 
was the first British municipality to establish a permanent 
band, and it may congratulate itself upon the result of its 
enterprise. Its Municipal Orchestra — Dan Godfrey's band, 
as it is popularly called, after its gifted leader — celebrated 
its coming of age in 191 4. The authorities have found that 
the liberal provision of good music " pays.*' From time to 
time they have prudently increased their outlay upon it, so 
that the total expenditure on music is now about ;^2o,ooo 
a year. At the special concerts the foremost singers and 
instrumentalists appear, while the performance of works 
under the conductorship of their composers lends an addi- 
tional interest to many of the concerts. 

The arrangements are, of course, variable. Full parti- 
culars of current engagements are extensively advertised 
in the town. 

Newspapers. 

The London newspapers are obtainable at Bournemouth 
by breakfast time. The local newspapers are : — 

The Bournemouth Daily Echo, published every evening. 

The Bournemouth Times and Visitors' Directory, Wednes- 
day and Saturday. 

The Bournemouth Graphic (an illustrated paper), Thursday. 

The Bournemouth Guardian and Hants and Dorset Adver- 
tiser, Tuesday and Saturday. 

The Bournemouth and District Amusements, weekly. 

Piers. 

There are two Piers, one (p. 52) opposite the Pleasure 
Gardens, the other (p. 65) at Boscombe. Musical enter- 
tainments of high class are given on each. 

Population. 

The population of the County Borough of Bournemouth 
at the census in 1911 was yS,6y/[, an increase of nearly 19,000 
since 1901. In 192 1 it bordered on 90,000. 

Postal Arrangements. 
The General Post Office is in Post Office Road, which is 
nearly opposite the northern end of the Gervis Arcade. Last 



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collection of letters at Head Of&ce for London and all parts, 
9.30 p.m. There are numerous town sub-offices. 

Rail Motors. 

In normal times, in addition to the ordinary train service, 
there is a frequent service of rail motors between Bournemouth 
West, Meyrick Park Halt, Bournemouth Central, Boscombe, 
Pokesdown, Christchurch, Hinton Admiral, New Milton, 
Hurn and Ringwood. 

Railway Excursions. 

Among the places to which railway excursions may be 
made are Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, Hum, for Tyrrell's Ford, 
Ringwood, Salisbury, Southampton, Wareham, Wimbome, 
Winchester and Wool (for Lulworth Cove and Bindon 
Abbey). 

The most popular railway excursions are those to Wim- 
borne and the stations adjoining the New Forest. 

Railway Stations. 

The Central Station is in Holdenhurst Road, about a mile 
from the Square. The West Station is in Queen's Road, 
in the opposite direction. It is connected with the Central 
Station by a loop Hne running through the Talbot Woods 
and also by the electric tramway via Poole Road and the 
Square. 

There are also wdthin the Borough Boscombe and Pokes- 
down Stations. 

Sands and Cliffs. 
Close to the sea is always a belt of firm, clean sand, and 
between that and the cliffs an expanse of loose, soft sand- 
stretching for miles east and west. This is but little en- 
croached upon by the marine drives. Children can always 
play on these sands in safety, for at high tide there is plenty 
of room between the sea and the cUffs. Should the waves 
roll in during a storm with unusual force, or the tide be 
exceptionally high, the sands and the parades are still quite 
safe ; for, although the cUffs are about 100 feet high, they 
are so slanting in most places that it would be difficult for 
anyone to be cut off by the tide. For a geological note, 
see pp. 48-9. 



36 TENNIS— THEATRES 

Sea Trips. 

During the summer season, steamers ply between Bourne- 
mouth and the many places of interest along the coast east 
and west. To Swanage there is a regular service several 
times a day, and to Poole Harbour, Weymouth, Lulworth 
Cove, Southsea, Southampton, and to all landing-places 
on the Isle of Wight, there are frequent excursions. Trips 
are also arranged to Brighton, Torquay, the Channel Islands 
and Cherbourg. There are two companies, Messrs. Cosens 
&» Co. (buff funnels), and the Southampton and Isle of Wight 
Steam Packet Co. (white funnels). (For further particulars, 
see pp. 85-93.) 

There are also pleasure trips by motor-boats and launches, 
and these are very popular, as are those from Christchurch 
and Poole to Mudeford and Branksea. 

Tennis. 

In the Central Gardens, Boscombe Gardens, Meyrick Park, 
King's Park, Knyveton Gardens, Alum Chine and Winton 
Recreation Ground, there are good courts which are let at gd. 
per hour per player for grass courts, and is. ^d. (4 persons 4s.) 
for hard courts. The fee includes the use of nets and balls. 
The grass courts are also open to annual subscribers of 
30S. This fee includes use of net and balls, and the 
tickets are available at any of the greens. 

At Dean Park are courts in connection with the Bourne- 
mouth Lawn Tennis Club. Visitors may become temporary 
members on payment of ys. 6d. weekly, or £1 is. od. 
monthly. For the five months ending on the last day of 
February the fee is los. 6d. 

Theatres, etc. 

In Albert Road, in the centre of Bournemouth, is the 
Theatre Royal, handsomely decorated, comfortably fur- 
nished, well ventilated, and lighted by electricity, and with a 
luxurious foyer. There is also a Theatre in the Winter Gar- 
dens. First-class companies appear. At Boscombe is the 
well-appointed Hippodrome, a variety theatre with two 
performances nightly (6.30 and 8.30 p.m.). 

St. Peter's Hall, a handsome building near the church of 
the same name, is frequently used for concerts and other 
entertainments. St. Ambrose's Hall similarly serves West- 






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bourne. There are several high-class Picture Palaces^ and 
near the Arcade is the Westover Palace Skating Rink, one 

of the largest and most handsome on the South Coast. In 
connection with it are excellent tea rooms and tea gardens, 
and " Picture Shows." 

Tramways. 

The tramways are owned and worked by the municipality 
and are a cheap and popular mode of travelling. 

The principal route is from Christchurch, at the far east, 
to Poole, a distance of nearly eleven miles, while there are 
loop lines to almost every comer of the Borough. The top 
of a tram-car offers the visitor an excellent opportunity of 
obtaining a good idea of Bournemouth as a town. 

Yachting. 
There is safe and convenient anchorage for yachts both in 
Poole and Christchurch harbours, in Swanage Bay, and ofE 
Bournemouth Pier in fine weather. The Poole Yacht Club 
is recognized under the Y.R.A. rules, and arranges yacht 
races at intervals during the summer season. Poole Harbour 
affords fine opportunities for yachting, and is especially con- 
venient in stormy weather. It is sheltered, the scenery is 
interesting, and there are many pretty inlets with easy land- 
ing-places, much favoured by picnic and other pleasure 
parties. The Harbour extends inland for twelve miles to 
Wareham. 



BOURNEMOUTH. 

The Bourne Valley a Century Ago — The Makers of Bourne- 
mouth — The Pines- — The Climate, Residential Bourne- 
mouth^ — Literary Associations — A Geological Note. 

LITTLE more than a century ago the Bourne Valley was 
a wild expanse of gorse and pines. Christchurch 
on the one hand and Poole on the other were boroughs of 
repute ; but the undulating wilderness between, lovely as it 
was even in its desolation, was known to few but the rugged 
class who snared the wild fowl or evaded the Customs officers. 
How changed is the aspect of the place was strikingly shown 
by the late Earl of Malmesbury, who, in his Reminiscences 
of an ex-Minister, noted that in 1826 he " shot an old black- 
cock on the very spot where St. Peter's Church at Bourne- 
mouth now stands." 

In the churchyard of the exquisite parish church of Bourne- 
mouth (the before-mentioned St. Peter's) will be seen the 
tomb of Lewis D. G. Tregonwell, a Dorset gentleman, who 
died in 1832. Much of the uncultivated land bordering this 
part of the Hampshire coast belonged to him. One day 
he resolved to explore these wilds, and on reaching the valley 
along which the little Bourne stream trickled towards the 
sea he was so delighted with the prospect that he decided to 
build himself a residence. This he did on the spot where now 
stands the Royal Exeter Hotel ; and soon after coming into 
residence he built Terrace Cottage and Portman Lodge, 
both of which have been much improved in late years and are 
favourite residences. His friends, hearing of his "find," 
came to see, and were charmed, with the result that they 
spread far and wide the news of the Bourne Valley's beauty. 

Among others who followed Mr. Tregon well's example 

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A GARDEN CITY 39 

was Sir George Tapps, who afterwards adopted the name of 
Gervis. In 1836, with the help of an eminent architect, he 
planned an estate on the east side of the Bourne stream, built 
villas on carefully selected sites, and erected the Bath Hotel. 
The place grew, but so slowly that in 1851 the population 
was less than 2,000. To-day it borders on 90,000, but there are 
no slums, and there is an absence both of overcrowding and 
of utilitarian dullness and ugUness. 

Those who followed in the work of developing the town 
showed enough of wisdom and foresight to prove themselves 
worthy successors of the founders. Indeed, the future of 
Bournemouth would have been wrecked had not the example 
set by Sir George in the selection and arrangement of sites 
been fully appreciated and loyally followed. 

When they took up the work of planning a modem seaside 
resort on this sand-fringed shore, with its views eastw^ard to 
the Isle of Wight and westward to the heights behind Swanage, 
the designers of Bournemouth cast pitiful eyes upon the pine 
woods and the heathery uplands. " The ancient natural 
beauty of the place and neighbourhood," they said in their 
wisdom, " must not be entirely swept away to make room 
for villas and roads.'* 

Of course it was inevitable that the axe should be laid to 
the root of many of the pine trees, and that acres of heather 
should be cleared in the making of pavements and the digging 
of foundations. But these acts of necessity were carried out 
with a full appreciation of the beauty of the country ; and 
the determination was strong to preserve in the very streets 
the charm of the neighbouring heaths and woodlands. Thus 
Bournemouth was made, to use the w^ords of the Duke of 
Argyll, a veritable " Garden City by the Southern Sea " ; 
a wonderland of tree-Hned roads ; a panorama of exceeding 
charm. 

The main roads, and many of the by-roads, are wide and 
bordered by trees ; indeed, som.e of them nearly resemble 
forest glades. From the Pier to the Square, and on again 
almost to the north-west limits of the town, the Bourne 
Valley, untouched by the hands of the builders, forms the 
Pleasure Gardens, a long and beautiful park the value of 
which to Bournemouth cannot be too highly estimated. 
Westward along the cHffs are woodland clumps, and behind 
the town the solemn pine trees of the Talbot Woods grace 
the prospect with their eternal green. 



40 THE PINES 

The Rural Aspect of Bournemouth 

is in evidence in nearly every direction. The pines and 
the heather had to be disturbed in the making of the town ; 
but wherever possible, even in the centre of the borough, 
these rural features have been preserved. Here is a villa 
garden that is simply a railed-in bit of heath-land ; there an 
avenue that might have been lifted by magic hands from the 
depths of some vast forest. In this direction is a valley that 
Art has striven to make even more beautiful than Nature ; 
and in that a dell-like chine which would grace even the 
Isle of Wight. 

The Pines 

are the prevailing characteristic of the town and its surround- 
ings. Pine woods surround the landward side of Bourne- 
mouth ; clumps of pines encircle many of the houses ; rows 
of pines line the residential thoroughfares, and every spare 
plot is devoted to their growth, the Corporation having 
wisely made a practice of planting thousands of young trees 
every year. 

The chief kinds are the Scotch fir, the black Austrian 
pine, the Weymouth or white American pine, and the Oregon 
pitch pine. 

The air is charged with the resinous odour exhaled by the 
pines, and this odour is acknowledged to have a beneficial 
effect upon the lungs and bronchial tubes. 

" The pines," says a writer, " throw off a resinous perfume, 
and a balmy, incense-like odour pervades the air. The pine 
needle is a leaf unlike other leaves ; it is saturated with 
terebinthinate sap, and when this is gone it is but a shred of 
woody fibre. It is not only to the natural structure of the 
pine leaf that the special dryness of the ground in pine woods 
is due. The pine needles fall during the hotter periods of 
the year, and lose what moisture they contain under the 
influence of summer suns, so that before autumn arrives the 
pine trees have beneath them a dry, deep, and porous bed of 
needles." 

Another writer has well said of the pine, " There is no 
tree that more appeals to patriotic and poetic feeling. It is 
a veritable aboriginal of our islands, and has a history coeval 
with that of our painted forefathers. Always hardy, stern 
and defiant, it was in full sympathy with the warrior clans 



CLIMATE 41 

of primitive Britain, and well was it blazoned on the banner 
of Roderick Vich Alpine Dhu ; well was it celebrated in the 
boat chaunt of his followers : — 

** Hail to the Chief, who in triumph advances ! 

Honor'd and bless'd be the evergreen Pine ! 

Long may the tree, in his banner that glances, 

Flourish, the shelter and grace of our line ! 

Heaven send it happy dew, 

Earth lend it sap anew. 
Gaily to burgeon, and broadly to grow, 

While every Highland glen, 

Sends our shout back again, 

* Roderick Vich Alpine Dhu, ho ! ieroe ! * '* 

And, in walking through a pine wood, what a wealth of 
quiet deUght is to be found 1 Kingsley touched the true 
sentiment in My Winter Garden. " My cathedral, wherein, 
if there be no saints, there are likewise no priestcraft, and no 
idols ; but endless vistas of smooth, red, green-veined shafts, 
holding up the warm, dark roof, lessening away into endless 
gloom, paved wdth rich browoi fir needles — a carpet at which 
Nature has been at work for forty years. . . . There is 
not a breath of air ^^dthin ; but the breeze sighs over the 
roof above in a soft whisper." 

Of the medical aspect of the pine trees more is said in our 
note upon the cHmate. 

The Climate. 

There is perhaps no seaside resort in the kingdom about 
the chmate of which popular opinion is so mistaken as con- 
cerning Bournemouth. The place is thronged in summer by 
crowds attracted hither by the beauty of the town and its 
surroundings, and by the remarkably interesting country so 
cheaply and easily reached by steamboat or char-a-banc ; 
and they plan and enjoy their summer hohday with hardly a 
thought about matters chmatic. 

But there are people, rightly careful, who select a summer 
resort with due regard to its temperature and its air ; and 
among these people are many who are not aware of what 
the meteorological records tell concerning Bournemouth ; 
who have never read the testimony of the Local Medical 
Of&cer of Health, and to whom the opinions of outside 
professional experts are as an unopened book. 



42 CLIMATE 

Meteorological records tell a plain story in figures concern- 
ing the true aspects of Bournemouth's climate. Even during 
the hottest summers the temperature is found to be almost 
identical, day after day, with that of seaside resorts like 
Clacton and Aldeburgh, which owe their repute largely to the 
pleasantly cool breezes that temper hot seasons ; and on the 
other hand, the same official records show that in the chilli- 
ness of autumn and the cold of winter Bournemouth's air is 
generally as warm as that of Torquay or Ventnor. 

That the climate of Bournemouth is equable there can be 
no question ; and the town stands almost alone among Eng- 
lish seaside resorts with regard to its prevailing moderation 
of heat in summer and of cold in winter. 

Medical Opinion. 

The fact that so many people have jumped to the conclusion 
that because Bournemouth has a mild temperature in winter 
it must have a correspondingly high temperature in summer, 
has drawn a vigorous protest from the local Medical Officer of 
Health. He writes in one of his Reports : — 

" It is a great mistake to suppose that because Bourne- 
mouth is so much sought after as a winter resort it must 
necessarily be a very hot place in summer. The error is 
difficult to counteract, but those visitors who spend their 
summer here will, I am certain, bear testimony to our 
enjoyable summer coolness. 

" The highest temperatures registered by the observers of 
our local Meteorological Society on the hottest days of the 
year are often eight, nine or ten degrees below those of several 
summer resorts celebrated for their coolness in hot seasons. 
. . . The greater part of Bournemouth is on a high plateau 
of ground, and the prevalent summer winds being from the 
sea they are necessarily cool." 

It is in the last sentence that the secret of Bournemouth's 
coolness in summer is explained. The prevalent summer 
winds are S., S.W. and S.E., and to their cooling influence 
the town is freely and pleasantly exposed. These winds, 
by playing the double part of moderating the summer hea,t 
,and the winter cold, give to Bournemouth the most equable 
climate of any seaside resort in the kingdom. 

" It would be almost impossible," wrote the late Dr. 
G. H. R. Dabbs, " to find in these islands a health resort 



CLBIATE 43 

more ozone-aired than Bournemouth. And this is perhaps 
why, primarily, it is a double-season resort. Secondarily, the 
reason may be found in the patriotism of the inhabitants, 
where few have been for a party and all have been for the 
town ; in the excellent and punctual railway service, and in 
the almost fastidious hygiene adopted in small things and 
great. 

" Equableness has been the trump card of Bournemouth as 
to climate — warm in winter and cool in summer may be 
truly said of it, and it is a great deal to say. And where pine 
trees are near a coast, ozone is in larger proportion ; here are 
pine trees and here is a coast. Moreover, the soil is sandy, 
which means quick filtration, and it is impossible to treat 
chest cases successfully where there is a water-logged soil. 
Then the shelter is from north and north-east, partially from 
the east, and the shelter is greatest on the east cliff." 

The average annual Rainfall for a period of 20 years 
has been 31-66 inches. The average number of hours of 
bright Sunshine during the same period has been 1,747 
per annum. 

Many causes contribute to the town's healthful cUmate. 
Several have been already mentioned, but there are others 
to be considered. 

The picturesque clefts or "chines," so numerous in and 
near Bournemouth, have also an important bearing upon 
the climate. 

The Soil is of gravel or porous sand, with no clay coating 
whatever to which the damp may cUng. The naturally 
porous nature of the soil is increased by the layers of pine 
needles, which not only assist in exhaUng the pine odour but 
help in the absorption of moisture. 

Of the Water Supply the Pubhc Analyst says : " This 
water still maintains its excellent quality. It is bright, 
palatable and w^holesome." 

Supporting all that has been said of the healthiness of the 
borough is the low death-rate. 

Residential Bournemouth. 
It should perhaps be said that though Bournemouth gives 
a warm w^elcome to visitors, and provides attractions and 
entertainments in unstinted measure, it is far indeed from 
being dependent upon the patronage thereby gained, It is 
essentially a residential place, a true " garden city by the 



44 LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS 

sea," finding especial favour with people of ample means and 
those who have retired from business or professional life. 
The art of " home building " as distinct from house-building 
has been brought to perfection here, and it only needs a casual 
stroll through some of the quieter and more remote thorough- 
fares to arouse in the mind of the dweller in other cities, or in 
the commonplace suburbs of London, a feeling akin to envy. 
" Comfort and the refinements of life, without ostentation," 
may be described as the prevailing key-note. Rents are 
reasonable, considering the unusual combination of advan- 
tages offered, and a lure of considerable force to possible 
settlers is the fact that notwithstanding the many instances 
of municipal enterprise the rates are not high. 

Literary Associations. 

Bournemouth is a town of happy literary associations. 
To mention a few only, here for three years lived Robert 
Louis Stevenson. The larger part of his time was spent 
in a house, " Skerry vore," at the head of Alum Chine, as re- 
corded on a tablet placed near by. Here he wrote several 
works, including the poems Underwoods and the novels 
Prince Otto, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Kidnapped, 
as well as the plays written in collaboration with W. E. Hen> 
ley. In the churchyard of St. Peter's is the family grave of 
the Shelley family, the heart of the poet being interred therein 
with the body of his son, who resided for long years at Bos- 
combe : in the same tomb lie the remains of the novelist, 
William Godwin (author of Caleb Williams) and his wife 
Mary Wollstonecroft, the pioneer of women's rights, whose 
daughter was wife to Shelley. At Bournemouth George 
Macdonald lived awhile and wrote two of his best novels, 
and here John Keble and Adeline Sergeant spent their declin- 
ing years. Christchurch and Burton have their memories of 
Coleridge and Sou they ; Mudeford of Sir Walter Scott, who 
visited it in 1807 and there wrote part of Marmion. At the 
present time, among residents of Bournemouth are several 
well-known novelists. 

Being essentially a modern town, Bournemouth has no 
" storied past '* ; and therefore affords scanty ground for 
historical novels. And yet we can point to a romance which 
in itself almost constitutes a chronicle of this district. Bos- 
combe Chine by Mrs. E. Marshall, which pictures Bourne- 
mouth and Christchurch in 1838 and 1887, the respective 
years of Queen Victoria's Coronation and Jubilee. Bourne- 
mouth is the " Sandbourne " of Thomas Hardy's Hand of 
Ethelberta, and Tess of the D'Urbervilles contains one of the 



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most picturesque and accurate descriptions of modern 
Bournemouth. It is perhaps most fully depicted in Adrian 
Savage by Lucas Malet, and is visited and described in All- 
ward by E. S. Stevens, Sinister Street (Vol. I.) by Compton 
Mackenzie, The Seamy Side by Besant and Rice, Jill-all- 
Alone by Rita, and in Tracked Down by Headon Hill. It 
is further seen in W. B. Maxwell's war-time romance A Man 
and his Lesson, while The Lady of the Chine by Mrs. M. S. 
Haycraft displays local colour. 

Christchurch and Twynham Castle, in the time of Edward 
III, enter into Sir A. Conan Doyle's fine romance. The White 
Company. This district is associated with two novelist 
brothers connected with the Kingsley family, the Rev. J. F. 
ValUngs, Vicar of Sopley (and father of Miss Gabrielle Vallings, 
herself a recent recruit to the ranks of novel-writers), andlNlr. 
Harold ValHngs. Christchurch and the New Forest are the 
scenes of The Severed Sword, a romance of the Civil War 
period by the former ; the latter has to his credit The Smug- 
glers of Haven Quay, a story of Christchurch, Mudeford and 
the Avon, and A Parson at Bay, which deals with Christ- 
church and Hengistbury. The Preventive Man, a recent 
novel by Miss G. V. McFadden, also deals with the district 
around Christchurch. Deadham Hard, by Lucas Malet, 
treats of the same locality, Hengistbury being the " Stone 
Horse Head " of the story. W. D. Newton's Green Ladies 
is a war-time story of the Hampshire coast and Southampton. 

Poole is met with in Deh Clavel by Mary E. Palgrave, a tale 
of the Bloody Assize of Judge Jeffreys, and in two of Hardy's 
short stories. To Please His Wife {Life's Little Ironies) and 
Master John Horseleigh {A Changed Man), and as the principal 
locahty in Rita's novels. The Rubbish Heap and The Make- 
Believers. Wimborne, the birthplace of Matthew Prior the 
poet, is found in Hardy's Two on a Tower. A farm near 
Wimborne is the locaHty of Hardy on the Hill by M. E. 
Francis. 

The Uterary associations of the New Forest are many and 
we cannot hope to mention all. Marryat's delightful idyll, 
Thd Children of the New Forest (Am wood) is a story of the 
Civil War in 1647-52 ; The Lover Fugitives by J. Finne- 
more is of the years following the Monmouth rebellion ; 
The Moonrakers (Hinton Admiral) by E. E. Cowper, is a 
smuggHng tale of 1747 ; and Cradock Nowell by Blackmore 
is mid- Victorian. The opening chapters of Mrs. Gaskell's 
North and South also have the New Forest for their 
background ; and Beaulieu Abbey, on the border of the 
Forest, is in evidence during the earlier pages of Sir A. 
Conan Doyle's White Company. Southey married his 
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from Brockenhurst. In Boldre parish ministered for 
thirty years, the Rev. W. Gilpin, the author of Bernard 
Gilpin and Forest Scenery. Another local celebrity is 
W. Stewart Rose, whose lyrical versions of the Forest 
legends won the warm commendation of Sir Walter Scott. 
It was during a visit to Stewart Rose, at Mudeford, two 
miles south-east of Christchurch, that Scott wrote a part 
and revised a great deal of Marmion, and to his Hampshire 
friend he dedicated the first canto. Many a literary pilgrim 
pays a visit to the house called Gundimore, where " The 
Wizard of the North " spent several happy weeks. Miss M. 
E. Braddon had a Forest home, and covers much of the 
district in Vixen ; a modern work of great charm is Richard 
Baldock by Archibald Marshall. Of recent date are The 
Angel of Pain (Brockenhurst), by E. F. Benson ; The Waters 
of Jordan, by H. A. Vachell ; Delia Blanchflower, by Mrs. 
Humphry Ward; Allward (gipsy life), by E. S. Stevens; 
The Stumbling' Block, by Edwin Pugh ; The Gate of Dreams 
(Burley), by Peggy Grant. 

At Winchester we are in a city of varied associations, 
\vith its memories of Bishop Ken, Izaak Walton, John Keats, 
John Keble, Jane Austen, and Charlotte Yonge. At Win- 
chesfer, too, for many years resided the late Bernard Capes. 
Thackeray mentions the city in Pendennis ; Trollope is said to 
have had it (and St. Cross) in mind in The Warden ; it is 
found in Hardy's Tess of the D'Urhervilles and his short story 
Lady Mottisfant (A Group of Noble Dames). It is found in 
The Reputed Changeling by Charlotte Yonge, in The Chevalier 
of the Splendid Crest by Sir Herbert Maxwell, and in The Mill 
of Silence and Love Like a Gipsy, both by Bernard Capes. 
With St. Cross it is seen in Winchester Meads by Mrs. E. 
Marshall, a story of Bishop Ken and Izaak Walton ; in 
Brother Copas by " Q,'* Henry Dunbar by M. E. Braddon, 
and The Valley of Delight by Florence Bone. Winchester 
College and its present-day school life are described in Her 
Son by H. A. Vachell, and in A Mother's Son by C. B. Fry. 

Salisbury is associated in the minds of Dickens' readers 
\^'ith Tom Pinch (in the opening chapters of Martin Chuzzle- 
wit). It is mentioned in three of Hardy's novels, Jude the 
Obscure, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, The Hand of Ethelberta, 
in Wanderer and King (Charles II) by O. V. Caine, and in 
Conan Doyle's Micah Clarke ; it is the scene of Sampson 
Rideotit, Quaker, by Una L. Silberadd, and Gooc? Old Anna, a 
tale of the recent war by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes. 

The tourist's view of our district is seen in Jitney and the 
Boys by Bernard Copplestone, a motor trip from London to 
Winchester, Beaulieu and the Isle of Wight ; and as to Christ- 
church, the New Forest, Winchester and Salisbury in Set in 



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Silver by C. N. and A. M. Williamson. An American woman's 
impressions of Winchester are recorded in An English Honey- 
moon by A. H. Wharton, and of Winchester and Salisbury in 
A Cathedral Courtship by K. D. Wiggin. 

A full account of the evolution of Bournemouth is given 
in Boiirnemoiith, i8io-igio, by Mate and Riddle. Excellent 
topographical books are Bournemouth and its Surroundings 
by Dr. Horace Dobell, and From Harbour to Harbour (Christ- 
church to Poole) by Mrs. Bell. Nearly the whole of our 
district is covered in Highways and Byways in Hampshire 
by D. H. M. Read. There are various works on The New 
Forest by Cornish, Hutchinson, Rawnsley, and Wise, and 
the Rev. A. G. L'Estrange's Royal Winchester and Dean 
Kitcliin's Winchester are well known. Recent works are 
Winchester Cathedral by Canon Vaughan and Winchester 
College by A. K. Cook. The Flora of Bournemouth by the 
Rev. E. E. Linton is an authority on its subject, and The 
Natural History of Bournemouth (National Science Society) 
is full of varied information. It is perhaps scarcely necessary 
to remind the reader that Gilbert White*s Natural History 
of Selborne relates to Hampshire. 

Lovers of Tess will be glad to be reminded of the descrip- 
tion of " Sandbourne " : — 

Thomas Hardy ^s '* Sarxdbourne.*' 

*' This fashionable watering-place, with its eastern and 
western stations, its piers, its groves of pines, its promenades, 
and its covered gardens, was to Angel Clare like a fairy place 
suddenly created by a stroke of a wand. Within the space 
of a mile from its outskirts every irregularity of the soil was 
pre-historic, every channel an undisturbed British track- 
way ; not a sod had been turned since the days of the Caesars. 
By the midnight lamps he went up and down the winding 
ways of this new world in an old one, and could discern 
between the trees and against the stars the lofty roofs, 
chimneys, gazebos, and towers of the numerous fanciful 
residences of which the place v.-as composed. It was a city 
of detached mansions ; a Mediterranean lounging-place on 
the English Channel ; and as seen now by night it seemed 
even more imposing than it was. 

" The sea was near at hand, but not intrusive ; it mur- 
mured, and he thought it was the pines ; the pines murmured 
in precisely the same tones, and he thought they were the 
sea.** 



48 A GEOLOGICAL NOTE 

A Geological Note. 

We are indebted for the following to Mr. C. Carus-Wilson, 
F.R.S.E., F.G.S. :— 

The geology of the Bournemouth district is extremely in- 
teresting, and has been well described by Lyell, Prestwick, 
Gardner, Judd, Reid and others, but it is not possible here to 
give more than a brief outline. The sands and clays forming 
the cliffs in Bournemouth Bay are of Tertiary age, and belong 
to Middle Eocene formations, consisting of the Bagshot Beds, 
which cover an extensive area in the south-west of Hants. 

These Bournemouth beds of the Bagshot series have been 
subdivided into two groups, the Lower or Freshwater, which 
may be observed in section along the cliffs from Poole Head 
to Steps Chine, and the Upper or Marine, which may be traced 
from Steps Chine to beyond Christchurch Head. They are 
often difficult to determine, however, because of the covering 
of debris and talus resulting from the rapid waste and decay 
of the unstable cliffs, and the methods of late years adopted 
by the Corporation in an effort to preserve them. 

The sands and clays show evidence of having been trans- 
ported and deposited by a large river flowing from the west 
or south-west, and these materials were, no doubt, derived 
from the waste and decay of granite mountains in a continent 
of which Cornwall, the Scilly Isles and part of Brittany now 
represent the remains. 

Starkie Gardner pointed out three separate groups forming 
the Bournemouth Freshwater beds, and considered that each 
might be separated from the others by the characteristic 
fossil leaves it contained. These leaves and plant remains 
are well preserved in some of the clays associated with the 
sands, and occasionally in the harder layers of sand-rock 
v/hich occur, though under such conditions specimens are less 
perfect in consequence of the removal of their substance by 
percolating water. The palms, ferns and leaves, etc., found 
in these beds, prove that the climate of those tim^es was of a 
sub-tropical character. 

The Upper or Marine Beds are composed of pebbles, sands 
and clays, and these contain occasional shells of marine types, 
together with such fossil flora as Nipadites (like the Nipa of 
Bengal), Palmacites, and coniferous remains, akin to those 
found in beds of a similar character at Bovey Tracey, in 
Devonshire. 




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A GEOLOGICAL NOTE 49 

Lignite also occurs in great abundance in the cliffs ; it 
represents the changed wood of ancient tree-trunks, and the 
fact that much of this wood was bored by the teredo before it 
found its final resting-place proves that it must have been 
carried within the zone of marine influences. Most of the 
sand is composed of grains of quartz, one of the constituents of 
granite. In course of time these grains became coated with 
a form of iron oxide, which was probably derived from the 
soil above and carried down by percolating water. It is this 
iron coating of the grains that gives the cliffs their charac- 
teristic yellow colour. More or less pure pipe-clay occurs in 
considerable quantities, but chiefly to the west of the Pier, 
and it is in these purer clays that the best specimens of fossil 
leaves are found. 

All along the base of the clifls a thick bed of dark clay is 
seen, and is known as the Basement Clay. It is very impure, 
being more of an indurated mud than true clay, and contains 
a large amount of iron-pyrites (sulphate of iron), and much 
organic matter in a highly decomposed and altered condition. 
Its dark colour is probably due to the action of tannic acid 
from the plant remains upon the iron which is present. In 
some parts of the district deposits of black sand occur for a 
similar reason. 

The cliffs are capped almost everywhere with a thick bed of 
flint gravel, known as the Plateau Gravel. It is of a much 
more recent geological age than the beds of sand and clay 
beneath. The flint implements of prehistoric man have been 
found in this gravel, and also pebbles of other rocks, which 
must have travelled a considerable distance from the west to 
their present resting-places. 

On the top of this Plateau Gravel, especially on the cliffs at 
Boscombe, sand-dunes occur ; some of these attain a height 
of as much as 40 feet. It is interesting to note that this sand 
has accumulated there through being blown inland from off 
the cliff-face, and not from the shore. Much marram grass 
thrives upon it, and helps to bind it together. In this sand 
recent land shells and the bones of birds and rabbits may be 
found in a good state of preservation. 



Bournemouth (d) 



ROUND AND ABOUT BOURNEMOUTH. 

From the Railway Stations to the Sea — The Sea-Front — The 
CHff Drives and Promenades — The Pier — The Chines — 
The Square — Lansdowne. 

THE sea-front may be reached from the Central Station 
by taking a tram to the Square and then strolling 
southward through the delightful Pleasure Gardens to the 
Pier. Those who walk may take a somewhat shorter route 
by following Holdenhurst Road to Lansdowne and then going 
past the Municipal College and Public Library along the 
pine avenue of Meyrick Road to the East Cliff Lift, or the 
Zizgag path to the UnderclifE Drive, or by keeping straight 
on by way of Bath Road to the Pier. 

From the West Station, in Queen's Road, a tram can also 
be taken to the Square and the Pleasure Gardens ; but by 
far the most picturesque route to the sea is to follow Clarendon 
Road (a southw^ard continuation of Queen's Road) to the 
head of Middle Chine, and down the Chine to the sea ; or 
eastward along the West Cliff Drive. The sea view from 
this position is delightful. To the south-west is Swanage 
Bay, with the Purbeck heights behind, while to the east 
sweeps the curve of Christchurch Bay, with its long stretch of 
yellow sands edged by the thin silver line of surf cast like an 
offering upon the shore by the wealth of blue in the far- 
sweeping bay. 

The Sea-Front. 

The cliffs which line the bay have an average height of 
about I GO feet. They are irregular in form, and are mainly 
composed of yellow, white and brownish sands. There are 
no houses under them, and the buildings nearest their margin 
are fine private residences or hotels. There is still something 
refreshingly unconventional in these lines of " country-like " 
cliffs, with their occasional clumps of pines. 

The gradual wearing away of the coast of Bournemouth 
presents serious problems to the authorities, who have always 

50 



EAST UNDERCLIFF DRIVE 61 

been anxious to maintain, as far as possible, the natural 
features of the sea-front. For many years a desire was 
expressed for a sheltered Undercliff Promenade, it being 
argued that such a feature would be both a convenience and 
an attraction, and would serve as a buttress to preserve the 
clifis from decay. In 1907 a substantial start was made by 
the construction of a considerable section of the — 



East Undercliff Drive and Promenade, 

which now extends from Bournemouth Pier to Boscombe 
Pier {i^ miles), the last section having been completed in 191 4. 
At the opening of this important thoroughfare it was stated 
that during a period of eleven years the Municipal Council 
had invested no less than ;£98,ooo on the sea-front, the whole 
of which, from Poole, or rather the Dorset boundary, to the 
eastern side of Southboume, a distance of some six miles, 
is controlled by the Corporation. 

An asphalted carriage and motor road, 30 feet wide, is 
bordered on the seaward side by a promenade 20 feet wide. 
These are about 7 feet above ordinary high-water mark, but 
in strong south-westerly and southerly gales the sea fre- 
quently breaks over them, forming a grand and imposing 
spectacle. Being screened by the lofty cliff from cold, 
northerly winds, while fully exposed to the south, the low- 
level esplanade forms an ideal exercise ground for invalids 
and others, even in winter. Near each end is an ornamental 
colonnade. Deck chairs and other seats are plentifully pro- 
vided, and refreshment rooms and lavatories adjoin. A 
zigzag path, steps at intervals, and in particular an electric 
Lilt opposite Meyrick Road, provide easy communication 
with the cliff above. 

Bordering the drive are a number of miniature Bungalows^ 
about 8 ft. square, which can be rented from the Corporation 
for day use only, at a moderate charge. For families they 
form a delightful " home from home," providing shelter 
and shade, being convenient places for picnics and after- 
noon tea parties, and affording storage for bicycles, books, 
spades, pails, and all the impedimenta of seaside life. 
Since they were first erected provision has been made for the 
supply of electricity for lighting and heating. 

On platforms projecting from the sloping wall of stone 
opposed to the sea are square canvas bathing tents. 



52 THE CLIFF DRIVES 



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That portion of the cliff which backs the oldest section of 
the drive has been laid out in pretty terraced gardens, with 
hardy flowers and shrubs making at all times an attractive 
display. 

In 1920 there were laid out here " plateau walks, " half-way 
up the cliffs, and bordered by wooden bungalows commanding 
splendid views of the Bay. 

West of Bournemouth Pier is a short promenade similar 
to that just described. It extends from the Pier to the foot 
of the cliffs just opposite the coast-guard station, where there 
is a Lift, while at intervals are steps between the top and the 
bottom of the cliff. Bungalows, bathing -cabins, shelters, 
refreshment-rooms and lavatories make it easy for visitors 
to spend the entire day by the sea, without even the necessity 
of going into the town for meals. 

Competing in popularity with the Esplanades at the foot 
of the cliffs are the Overcliff Drives. Of these — 

The East Cliff Drive, 

opened in 1904, runs along the cliff top from near the foot of 
Meyrick Road almost to Boscombe Pier. This lofty drive 
has a width of 30 feet, with a 20-feet promenade along the 
seaward side. It commands a good view of the sea and 
in clear weather of the Isle of Wight. 

By making a slight detour, the visitor can pass into the 
public drive which connects Boscombe with the Overcliff 
Drive at Southbourne. 

Equally attractive is — 

The West Cliff Drive, 
on the other side of Bournemouth Pier. This, however, is 
not, like its sister, a straight thoroughfare, but winds inland 
with the deviation of the Chines, and is planted with rhodo- 
dendrons and other shrubs. It affords pretty glimpses of 
Durley, Middle and Alum Chines and, of course, of the sea. 
The Drive, with the iron bridge spanning the Middle Chine, 
cost about ;^i 0,000 to construct. 

The Pier. 

Admission, 2d. Season tickets to Bournemouth and Boscombe Piers, 15s. per 
annum ; for a second member of the same family, 12s. 6d. ; for a third, ys. 6d, 
Seats in the shelter are free ; for those in the enclosure a charge of 4^. each 
is made during band or concert performances. 

Bournemouth Pier, one of the finest structures along the 




Bournemouth. 



13 



THE PIER— THE CHINES 53 

South Coast, was built in 1880, extended in 1894, and again 
in 1909, when the landing-stages were rendered more con- 
venient for the steamer traffic. 

In summer the Municipal Band plays here daily, Sundays 
included (see also p. 33). In winter also (weather permitting) 
there are performances every morning. In addition, concert 
parties give performances several times daily during the 
summer season. Near the sea end of the Pier is a spacious 
promenade and lounge with a raised platform in the middle 
for the bandstand. Around the bandstand are two parallel 
promenades separated by a double set of comfortable and 
sheltered seats — the inner set facing the bandstand and pro- 
tected from the wind ; the outer set facing the sea and yet 
within full hearing of the music from the band. 

In the area enclosed by the inner promenade are seats 
across the Pier, and over them an awning is drawn when 
required for the comfort of the audience. 

The Chines 

are a notable feature of Bournemouth's sea-front and lend to 
it a distinctiveness and beauty that are sadly lacking at the 
majority of rival resorts. A chine is, of course, simply a 
chink, or fissure, the word being derived from the Anglo-Saxon 
cine. "Whilst," says the Medical Officer of Health, "the 
chines add greatly to the natural beauty of the town, they 
have also a very material influence in increasing its hygienic 
circumstance, for they serve as watersheds, carrying off the 
surface water from the rising ground and moisture that perco- 
lates readily through the sandy soil, so that the subsoil is 
kept always in a state of sanitary dryness. And the chines 
serve also as channels through which the fresh sea air is carried 
into the heart of the town ; in my opinion this is one of the 
main reasons for the fact that whilst the wdnter climate is 
mild, the summer temperature throughout the town is also 
temperate, a fact which is becoming more fully realized by 
visitors, and v/hich is clearly shown by the comparative 
meteorological records.'* 

Westward of the Pier, close to the Lift, is a small inlet 
known as the Water Chine. Beyond is Little Durley Chine, 
where there is another way up by means of Joseph's Steps. 
Still following the shore westward we come to the first of the 
larger inlets, the shady Durley Chine, a pleasant nook \^dth 
pine-clad banks, and seats among the heather, where the sun 



54 THE CHINES— THE SQUARE 

does not intrude. A central drive slopes gradually upv/ard 
through the chine to Durley Chine Road and the West Cliff 
Drive. 

Middle Chine, a place in high favour among residents on 
the West Cliff, has for long been left in a state of nature, with 
its gorse and heath unimproved upon. It is spanned by the 
bridge bearing the West Cliff Drive. 

Westward again is Alum Chine, a valley nearly three- 
quarters of a mile in length, with heath-clad sides, bright 
yellow sand cliffs, a thicket, and at the lower end a delightful 
vista of the sea. On the western summit are Public Gardens, 
with a bowling green and tennis courts. This lovely chine 
penetrates inland to St. Ambrose's Church. Access from 
the upper, or Westbourne, end is facilitated by a picturesque 
rustic bridge, and half-way to the sea the valley is spanned 
by an elegant Suspension Bridge which forms, for pedestrians, 
a connecting link between the Overcliff Drive on one side and 
Branksome Park on the other. At the seaward end are a 
promenade, bungalows, tents, a colonnade or stone shelter, 
municipal refreshment rooms, lavatories, etc. This part of 
the beach is quieter than that nearer Bournemouth Pier. 

Farther westward is lovely Branksome Chine {see p. 80) 
perhaps the most beautiful of all, but somewhat beyond the 
limits of our present walk. 

More than a mile eastward of Bournemouth Pier is Bos- 
combe Chine, described on p. 65. 

The Square 
is the great traffic centre of the town, and the visitor who 
knows the roads and the directions in v/hich they lead, as 
they radiate like spokes from the hub of a wheel, will have 
a good working knowledge of the topography of Bournemouth. 

If the reader will imagine himself as standing with his back 
towards the sea at the entrance to the Lower Pleasure Gar- 
dens, he will have on his left Exeter Road, from which immedi- 
ately branches on the left the pretty Exeter Lane, skirting the 
west side of the Pleasure Gardens. In Exeter Road is St. 
Andrew's Presbyterian Church, a prominent object from the 
Square, and nearer the sea is the entrance to the Winter 
Gardens. At the sea end of Exeter Road are the Pier Ap- 
proach and the southern entrance to the Pleasure Gardens. 

The next turning to the Exeter Road as we stand in the 
Square is Commercial Road, a busy thoroughfare from which 



THE CEMETERY— CHRISTCHURCH ROAD 55 

the electric trams nin north-westward by the long"" and 
straight PooIe Road to County Gates and on to Poole. 

Bordering the Upper Pleasure Gardens on the eastern side 
is Bourne Avenue, leading past the well-known Richmond Hill 
Congregational Church to the Royal National Sanatorium, 
and by way of Durrant Road to Meyrick Park and the Golf 
Links. Bourne Avenue is continued in a north-westerly 
direction by Branksome Wood Road, leading past the entrance 
to the beautiful Talbot Woods. 

Almost due north from the Square is Richmond Hill, con- 
tinued by the Wimborne Road, which leads to St. Augustin's 
Church and the Cemetery, where rest the late Dean McNeil, 
of Ripon ; the first, second and third Earls Cairns ; " Rob 
Roy " Macgregor, " the patron saint of canoeists," and author 
of A Thousand Miles in the Roh Roy Caitoe ; Canon Twells, 
the writer of " At even, ere the sun was set,'* and other 
popular hymns ; and Miss Adeline Sergeant, the novelist. 
Near the corner of Richmond Hill is the Punshon Memorial 
Wesleyan Chapel, a handsome building of Purbeck stone, 
with a spire 130 feet high. Close to it is the Church of the 
Sacred Heart, belonging to the Society of Jesus, with a 
beautifully adorned interior. 

But of all the roads branching from the Square, perhaps 
the most interesting is the devious Old Christchurch Road, 
the wide shop-lined thoroughfare to the east as we leave the 
entrance to the Lower Pleasure Gardens, and along which the 
trams run to Lansdov^-ne and then by way of the straight 
Christchurch Road to Boscombe. To the right of this road, 
close to the Square, is Gervis Place, leading into Westover 
Road, which skirts the eastern side of the Lower Pleasure 
Gardens and communicates with the Bath Road. A notable 
feature of the Old Christchurch Road is the Gervis Arcade, 
a glass-covered passage 200 feet long and 30 feet broad, pro- 
vided with comfortable seats, and lined on both sides with 
excellent shops. It is in all seasons a pleasant resort, and in 
the winter time especially is much frequented as a promenade. 
On the northern side of the road is a similar arcade, known as 
Post Office Arcade. 

Branching from the north side of Old Christchurch Road 
are Post Office Road, in which arc the General Post Office 
and the Telephone Exchange ; Albert Road, containing the 
Theatre Royal, and Yelverton Road, in which are the Muni- 
cipal Offices, Yelverton Road is continued as St, Peter's 



56 LANSDOWNE 

Road, in which is a building, formerly the Hotel Mont 1 
Dore, acquired by the Corporation in 1920, at a cost of - 
;^33,ooo, for the purpose of providing additional offices for 
the municipal staff. On the seaward side of Old Christchurch 
Road, at the junction of Gervis Place and Hinton Roads, is 
St. Peter's Church, the beautiful Parish Church of Bourne- 
mouth {see pp. 72-3). 

Northward of the Old Christchurch Road lie Dean Park, 
almost encircled by the Dean Park Road, the little circular 
Dean Park Cricket Ground and the Horse Shoe Common (p. 61). 
Passing Holy Trinity Church, we shortly reach — 

Lansdowne, 

which is the meeting-place of six roads and vies with the 
Square as a centre of traffic. Its dominating feature is the 
white-capped tower of the Municipal College and Central 
Public Library, a fine range of red brick and Portland stone 
buildings in the Renaissance style, erected in 191 2 at a cost 
of ^^45,000. Owing to its commanding position at the corner 
of Meyrick Road the lofty clock tower can be seen from many 
parts of the town and is an architectural adornment of real 
value. 

The Municipal College comprises a well-equipped School of 
Art, a School of Science and Technology, with modern labora- 
tories (chemical, electrical, physical and biological) and first- 
class machine shops ; a School of Commerce and a School of 
Domestic Subjects, the total number of students in attendance 
exceeding a thousand. Accommodation is provided for 
teaching all branches of Art, including drawing, painting, 
modelling, designing, architecture, etc., and also for art 
craftwork, including etching, hthography, wood-carving, 
jewellery and metal work, embroidery, cabinet-making, 
painting and decorating, etc. Well-attended classes are 
held in elementary and advanced science, mathematics and 
engineering and in commercial and domestic subjects. 

The large Central Hall is used for University Extension 
Lectures. 

A very successful Secondary School for Girls is being held 
in a portion of the college buildings pending the erection of 
a Girls' School on an adjoining site. 

An important feature of the Library is the Musical Refer- 
ence Library, presented to the town by Mr. J. B. M. Camm, 
the only one of its kind in the kingdom in connection with 
a public library. 



LANSDOWNE 57 

East and west of Lansdowne runs the Christchureh Road, 
to the Square in one direction and to Boscombe and Pokes- 
down in the other ; while in a north-easterly direction the 
Holdenhurst Road leads to the Central Station and Queen's 
Park. 

North of Lansdowne stretches Lansdowne Road, joining 
the Wimborne and Charminster Roads at the Cemetery Gate. 
A short distance up LansdowTie Road, Madeira Road comes 
in from the west, and at the junction of this thoroughfare 
with Stafford Road stand the Law Courts and Police Station. 
To the south of Lansdowne, Meyrick Road, an avenue of 
pines, leads to the sea-front. Crossing Meyrick Road half- 
way down is the beautiful Gervis Road, also a pine avenue ; 
and parallel with this, and between it and the sea, is Grove 
Road. The west ends of Gervis Road West and Grove 
Road lead into Bath Road, by which the Pier is reached ; 
and the east ends of the roads give access to the pine-shaded 
paths of Manor Road, on the way to Boscombe Chine. 

The Bath Hotel has historical interest from the fact that 
in the Eeaconsfield Room the Earl of Beaconsfield held 
several Cabinet Councils ; while only a few yards from the 
entrance is Forest House, the temporary residence of Mr. 
W. E. Gladstone in 1898. 

The picturesque residence adjoining the Bath Hotel on the 
seav/ard side and adorned with statues is East Cliff Hali, 
for many years the residence of the late Sir Merton and 
Lady Russell-Cotes. In 1908 Sir Merton and Lady Russell- 
Cotes gave to the town the hall and the unique art treasures 
and curios which they had collected during their extensive 
travels, together with an endowment of ;^5,ooo. An Art 
Gallery, added to the Museum by Lady Russell-Cotes, was 
opened by Princess Beatrice in February, 191 9. 



THROUGH GROVES AND GARDENS. 

A Forest City — The Pleasure Gardens — Meyrick Park — ^The 
Talbot Woods — Queen's Park — The Winter Gardens. 

THE many open spaces of Bournemouth may rightly be 
regarded as the prevailing characteristic of the beauti- 
ful town, the secret of her fascination. Belted by sea, wood- 
land and common ; crossed from end to end by a park of rare 
beauty, along the winding length of which a clear brook 
ripples ; dotted here and there by wooded, flower-haunted 
nooks ; rejoicing in roads that are like forest-glades in the 
luxuriance of their bordering trees ; and with houses innum- 
erable standing in grounds which are patches of the ancient 
forest, Bournemouth is, indeed, a town of gardens, greensward 
and trees, a '' Forest City by the Southern Sea." 

In many parts, such as in the Pleasure Gardens, Art has 
ventured to improve upon Nature in the making of walks and 
the planting of flowers and shrubs ; but the green spaces 
that deck the town are nearly everywhere natural, so that 
there is no appearance of open spaces having r*-^- © provided 
as an afterthought by the street-makers, ihe aspect of 
a great part of Bournemouth is that of a stretch of woodland 
and common through which streets have been cut without 
interfering with the freedom of Nature ; and the whole 
planning of the town is a m.onument to the good taste and 
sense of its founders and rulers. 

The Pleasure Gardens 

extend for over a mile and a half along the valley of the 
Bourne, and have a total area of about thirty acres, with 
nearly four miles of footpaths. The Lower Gardens, leased 
by the Corporation, have their southern entrance close to 
the Pier, and stretch in a wide sweep of ornamental waters, 
flower-decked lawns and shady paths, to the Square. Seen 
from this pleasant vantage-ground, Bournemouth, with its 
fine roads and buildings, its stately spires and picturesque 

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THE PLEASURE GARDENS 59 

squares, its clumps of foliage and tree-bordered thoroughfares, 
presents a picture of bright beauty upon which it is good 
for the eyes to linger. On certain occasions, such as during 
the Bournemouth Cricket Week, generally held towards the 
end of August, the Lower Gardens are tastef ulh^ gemmed with 
fairy lamps. 

There is something very alluring and refreshing in these 
Gardens after a spell of the blue sea. The paths are so many 
that, even in the height of the season, the place never seems 
crowded ; the walk by the rippling brook is always delight- 
fully cool ; there are shady avenues even when the sun is 
at its zenith ; and, above all. Art has not intruded upon 
Nature to her undoing, but has rather blended and become 
one with her in a broad sweep of IsLwri and trees and water. 
The brook, too, vies with the yacht ponds at Boscombe 
Chine and Queen's Park when it bears, on a tide the 
ponds cannot boast, the toy-boats of merry youngsters. 

As the visitor strolls through the Gardens he may note, 
probably with some surprise, fine growing palms and thickets 
of bamboo. In their season camellias and azaleas vie with 
rhododendron, magnolia, genista, and guelder rose. The 
flowering cherry, the pyrus and the Mexican orange alternate 
with the lovely ceanothus, or the flowering currant \\ath white 
and yellow broom. Berberis of choice variety contrasts 
with graceful silver birch, or shining copper beech, or many 
another, whose names alone would fill a page. 

A feature of the Lower Gardens is the beautiful pine- 
shaded avenue, stretching from near the Pier to the Arcade 
Gate, known as — 

The Pine Walk. 

Here com^plete protection is given from the heat of the sun in 
summer and from the force of the wind in springtime or 
winter. So sheltered is the walk from wind and sun that it 
can be used for rest or exercise when neither could elsewhere 
be taken in comfort or safety in the open air. The wood of 
which the w^alk is part is undulating and graced with a variety 
of charms ; and very pleasing is the appearance of the rhodo- 
dendron clumps and other shrubs that grow amid the shade 
of the pines. Of course, there are many other pine avenues in 
Bournemouth, but this walk is so conveniently reached 
either from the Pier or the Arcades, and is so delightfully 
situated, that it is by far the best known. 



60 MEYRICK PARK 

The Upper Gardens — the continuation of the Gardens from 
the Square in a north-west direction — extend to the Coy 
Poni, within the sharp bend of the railway as it turns towards 
the West Station. These Gardens belong to the Branksome 
Estate, and are thro^vn open to the public by the courtesy of 
Miss Durrant, the owner of this part of the Bourne Valley. 
They extend for about three-quarters of a mile by the brook- 
side, and, being removed from the centre of Bournemouth's 
attractions, are far quieter and more secluded than the 
Lower Gardens. The owner has greatly benefited Bourne- 
mouth and increased its charm by preserving this lovely 
valley from the inroads of the builders ; and by confining 
building operations to the rising ground bordering the valley 
the letting value of the houses in the neighbourhood has 
been correspondingly increased. Pleasant and shady walks 
abound here, as in the Lower Gardens, and visitors inclined 
for tennis will find smooth lawns awaiting them. Here also 
is an ornamental fountain, in the wide basin of which aquatic 
plants of many kinds flourish in tempting coolness. 

Meyrick Park, 

another of the picturesque open spaces which beautify Bourne- 
mouth, can be reached from the Square by way of Bourne 
Avenue or St. Stephen's Road, or by many other routes, 
to which our plan will give the needful clues. A " halt " 
has been provided on the railway which skirts the northern 
side of the Park and penetrates the dim recesses of the Talbot 
Woods. Meyrick Park, which is rather more than half a 
mile from the Pier, consists of 1 56 acres of undulating heather 
and grass lands, about half of which is used as Golf Links [see 
p. 28). The Links are on the west side of the Central Driv^e, 
and on the eastern side is the Cricket and Football Ground. 
In addition, the Park contains an excellent Bowling Green 
and Tennis Courts. The rest of this delightful expanse has 
been wisely left in its original state of gorse and heather. 
Rows of pine trees border the Park in nearly every direction ; 
and beyond the Golf Links sweep the dark masses of the 
pines in Talbot Woods. 

It is interesting to note that the land was originally a wild 
space from which turf might be cut for fuel by certain resi- 
dents in the neighbourhood. Great difficulty was experi- 
enced by the local authorities when they began to make 
efforts to secure the ground for the good of the community. 




Levy, Sons & Co.,] [ [ii8 Holhorn, E.C, 

IN THE WINTER GARDENS. 



TALBOT WOODS 61 

The late Sir George Meyrick came to the assistance of the Cor- 
poration by surrendering his vested rights in the property 
as Lord of the Manor ; and eventually the commoners — as the 
turf owners were called — yielded their claim on receiving 
compensation from the Corporation. The Park was opened 
to the public in 1894, a further 38 acres being secured 
for golf and other purposes quite recently. 

The Talbot Woods, 

a wide extent of pine forest, may be entered either by a turn- 
ing to the left beyond the Cemetery, in Wimborne Road, 
or from the Square by way of Bourne Avenue and Branksome 
Wood Road, turning to the right by a continuation of the 
winding Prince of Wales Road, which crosses the Upper 
Gardens. There is also an approach over the middle of the 
Golf Links. The railway between the Central and West 
Stations crosses the Woods, but it runs through a deep 
cutting and has taken little from the peace, seclusion and 
rusticity of the tract. The ground is carpeted with bracken 
and high up in the trees squirrels leap from branch to branch 
along this mile length of shady pines. Building operations- 
have begun, however, in the Winton district, and it is pro- 
bable that ere long the Woods will lose some of their charm. 
The Talbot Woods are the property of the Earl of Leven and 
Melville, who has generously thrown them open to the 
public. Bicycles are allowed on the road through the 
woods, but not motors. Smoking is strictly prohibited, and 
dogs should be efficiently controlled. 

A little way up the Old Christchurch Read, bright and gay 
with its handsome shops, is the Horse Shoe Common, a 
natural park covered with gorse, with here and there a 
clump of trees, and a pond beloved by boys. In the Caven- 
dish Road, a few yards north-east of the Horse Shoe Common, 
is Dean Park, a part of which has been converted into a 
well-kept and pretty Cricket Ground, where, during the 
Bournemouth Cricket Festival, first-class matches are played. 
Here, too, are tennis courts and croquet lawns. 

Queen's Park, 

the largest of Bournemouth's recreation grounds, is reached 
by tram along the Holdenhurst Road. The golf links and 
pavilion [see p. 29) are the chief feature of this delightful 
pleasance, but there is also a small lake for juvenile yachtsmen. 



62 QUEEN'S PARK— WINTER GARDENS 

and the park is almost girdled by a splendid carriage drive, 
with trotting paths adjoining. 

Mention must also be made of King's Park, on the eastern 
side of Ashley Road, with cricket and football grounds, 
bowling green, pavilion, etc. A further 27 J acres on the 
northern side have been acquired for public use. Between 
the Talbot Woods and Queen's Park is the Winton Recre- 
ation Ground. Here there is a well-banked cinder track for 
cycling, in addition to a bowling green, tennis courts, and 
courts for quoits. 

The gardens and woods of Bournemouth are not to be 
described as '' within easy walking distance '* ; there is too 
indefinite a sense of distance in the phrase for it to have any 
application in this instance. These lovely open spaces are at 
the very doorsteps of Bournemouth ; the invalid's carriage 
may be wheeled in a few minutes to a pine avenue ; the weak 
or the aged may order breakfast, saunter along a woodland 
glade, and be back before the meal is served. The wood- 
lands are to Bournemouth as a garden is to a house, close 
to it and a part of it ; and in the realm of English holiday 
resorts there is scarcely to be found a place with rural and 
delightful sauntering-grounds so pleasant in themselves and 
so easily reached as are the gardens and woodlands of 
Bournemouth. 

A prominent position among the attractions of Bourne- 
mouth is occupied by the deservedly popular — 

Winter Gardens. 

Admission. — Annual tickets, £2 5s., tax, 5s. ; second ticket, £1 i6s. 6d., tax, 
4s. 6d. ; third, £i iis. 6t/., tax, 45. Half-yearly ticket, £1 iis. td., tax, 4s. 
Single admission, is. ^d. 

The site is in Exeter Road, close to the Pier, and easily 
approached from the Square and the Lower Pleasure Gardens. 
Here is a garden within a town of gardens. Although in the 
heart of Bournemouth, one may sit on a lawn with no 
building in sight except the spire of a church. 

The grounds are beautifully .ornamented with flowers 
and shrubs, and when, on gala evenings, both the Gardens 
and their spacious glass Pavilion are bright with clusters of 
lights, the scene is like a glimpse of fairyland. 

The Pavilion includes a well-managed refreshment buffet 
and a large, comfortably furnished reading-room, but its 
main attraction consists of the cheery and tasteful round of 



THE WINTER GARDENS 63 

musical and other entertainments. The place is under 
Corporation management, and the average needs of the 
average Bournemouth visitor are very sensibly estimated. 
The Municipal Orchestra, under its talented conductor, has 
indeed long been one of the greatest attractions of Bourne- 
mouth {see pp. 33 -4). 

Opened in 1877, the Winter Gardens Pavilion was under 
the not very successful management of a limited company 
until 1S93, when it was taken over by the Corporation and 
improved not only in its building and surroundings, but 
in a very marked degree wdth regard to the quality of its 
entertainments. 

Throughout the year special programmes are given each 
evening, with engagements of well-known vocalists and 
entertainers, and frequent visits by the stars of the profession. 
During the summer there are musical entertainments each 
afternoon, in the Music Garden whenever possible, and tea 
is served on the lawns. During the winter the full Municipal 
Orchestra plays each afternoon and evening, the special 
feature being the Monday and Thursday Popular and Sym- 
phony Concerts, which have obtained a great reputation 
not only in the United Kingdom but throughout Europe. 

For times and nature of entertainment the bills issued 
weekly should be consulted. 



BOSCOMBE. 

THIS eastern suburb of Bournemouth, with its distinctive 
name and its special attractions, might be excused if it 
claimed a rank of its own among English seaside resorts, 
and forgot that it is nothing more than one of the eleven 
municipal wards of Bournemouth, possessing no independent 
corporate existence. Indeed, instances are numerous when 
intending visitors are advised to try Boscombe if the air of 
Bournemouth prove, as the case may be, too bracing or too 
relaxing, too dry or too damp, too this or too that. 

There is much of interest in the story of the growth of 
this eastern suburb. It is the tale over again of the Ugly 
Duckling, for in her young days Boscombe was without 
loveliness or promise, while in her maturity she suffers nothing 
by comparison with the charm of her famous relative. Little 
more than a quarter of a century ago Boscombe consisted of 
a few dilapidated cottages, whose dwellers found employ- 
ment in a neighbouring brickfield and refreshment in an inn — 
rural but uninviting. As if by the touch of a magic hand, 
stately hotels have taken the place of the public house ; 
pleasant villas, surrounded by gardens and tree-shaded, may 
be seen where mud cottages once stood ; and where the men 
of not very ancient Boscombe laboured in the brickfields, 
people now saunter along the Chine Gardens, which take 
high place among the lovely corners of this delightful coast. 

Boscombe has its own Pier, its own Pleasure Gardens, and 
possesses almost every feature which goes to the making of 
an independent watering-place ; yet it is but a part of the 
great Bournemouth family, all of whose members are proud 
of their distinguished little relative. 

Some humorous and true remarks were made on this . 
subject at the re-opening of Boscombe Pier in 1904 by the 
then Mayor : — 

" There was no happier way of praising a husband than 
by praising his wife, and the best compliment he could 

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BOSCOMBE 65 

give Bournemouth was to praise Boscombe. They were 
one. If they wanted perfect beauty, of course they must 
go to Boscombe, but if they wanted beauty allied to some- 
thing still more beautiful, let them go to Bournemouth." 

The main thoroughfare between Bournemouth and Bos- 
combe is the Ghristchurch Road, extending eastward from the 
Square. On the southern or seaward side of the road for- 
merly stood a great pine wood. Pretty residences have taken 
the place of most of the trees ; but a vast number remain,, 
for only those on the actual sites of the houses were removed. 
Thus is given to this beautiful Ghristchurch Road — notwith- 
standing its electric tramways — a woodland appearance 
very refreshing and alluring. 

Another connecting thoroughfare between Bournemouth 
and Boscombe is the East Cliff Drive, which runs along the 
top of the cliff from near the Royal Bath Hotel almost to 
Boscombe Chine. Yet another approach is by the East 
Undercliff Drive, stretching from Bournemouth Pier to — 

Boscombe Pier. 

Toll, 2d. 

Season Tickets to Boscombe and Bournemouth piers, 15s. per annum; for a 
second member of the same family, 12s. 6d ; for a third; ys. 6d. 

Boscombe Pier dates from 1889, when, having been built 
by private enterprise, it was opened by the then Buke of 
Argyll. In 1904 the Pier passed under the control of the 
Corporation. During the summer musical entertainments are 
given daily. Full particulars are 'wddely advertised. 

Westward of the Pier the aspect of Boscombe has been a 
good deal changed by the new marine parade which forms the 
eastern termination of Bournemouth's East Undercliff Drive. 

Boscombe Chine Gardens, 
extending from Christchurch Road to the mouth of the Chine,^ 
are tastefully laid out as a pleasure ground, in which the 
Municipal IVIihtary Band plays on Saturday afternoons from 
3.15 to 4.30. Near the seaward end is an ornamental Yacht 
Pond, much loved by juvenile navigators. The Gardens also 
include tennis courts, some of which can be used by visitors 
at a small fee. Near the sea is a rustic summer-house, the 
seats of which surround a fountain of natural mineral water,, 
in quality similar to the Harrogate waters. 

Shady and well-kept paths, affording views inland and by 
sea of varied charm and interest, make these Chine Gardens- 

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66 BOSCOMBE 

a delight that never palls even upon the most constant 
of visitors. The main entrance is in Christchurch Road. 

About half a mile eastward of the Pier are the delightful 
Cliff Gardens, with a well-kept bowling green. The seats 
and shelters command a very charming sea and coast view, 
including the Isle of Wight. An Overcliff Drive connects 
Boscombe at this point with the Fisherman's Walk, on the 
boundary between Boscombe and Southbourne. 

The Walk leads from the main thoroughfare and tram route 
at Southbourne to the cliffs, a distance of about 500 yards. 
Down the centre is a pleasant, pine-shaded path. The tract 
occupies some 5 acres and is one of the public pleasure grounds. 
It was acquired at a cost of about £6, 500. The walk was pre- 
viously enjoyed through private generosity, but building 
developments threatened to deprive the public of the privilege. 

Boscombe Manor was for many years the home of the 
Shelley family, descendants of the poet. The estate is 
now being rapidly developed for building purposes. On 
succeeding to the property in 1898 one of the first steps of 
the owners was to make a present of several acres on the 
cliff front to the Bournemouth Corporation. 

Nearly a quarter of a mile eastward of the Chine main 
entrance, and near the Carnarvon Crescent Gardens, stand the 
Congregational Church and St. John's Church. Farther 
eastward, near the top of Sea Road, the pretty and devious 
thoroughfare which winds upward from Boscombe Pier to the 
Christchurch Road, is the Boscombe Arcade, a fine structure 
336 feet in length, with a series of shops and an octagonal 
dome. The arcade is heated in winter. Daily throughout 
the year an organ recital is given at 11.30 and a band plays 
at 3.15. 

At the Hippodrome, close to the Arcade, bright and popular 
variety entertainments are given twice nightly. On the south 
side of Christchurch Road, a short distance beyond the Arcade, 
is the Boscombe branch of the Public Library. It is open 
daily, Sundays excepted. The building is one of four in 
Bournemouth provided by the late Andrew Carnegie at a 
cost of ;£i 0,000. St. Clement's Church, noted for its advanced 
ritual, is on the left of Palmerston Road. Near Boscombe 
Station is the Royal Victoria and West Hants Hospital, 
opened in 1900 to take the place of the old Cottage Hospital. 
As a " Peace memorial '* a fine hostel for the Hospital nurses 
was begun in 1920, at an estimated cost of ;^i4,ooo. 



BOSCOjMBE 67 

Derby Road runs through the Knyveton Gardens and 
crosses Christchurch Road into Manor Road. The latter 
thoroughfare, one of the most picturesque of the many pine- 
avenues in the district, is over half a mile in length. A series 
of roads of a similar character, such as the Gervis, Grove and 
East Cliff Roads, lie between the Christchurch Road and 
the sea, and extend from the neighbourhood of the Bath 
Hotel in Bournemouth to the western extremity of Boscombe. 
They are all extremely beautiful, both in their shady paths 
and in the semi-rural appearance of the pine-girdled houses. 
The avenues are characteristic of the beauty of Bournemouth, 
a sort of half-way house to the encircling forest beyond. 

The visitor from Boscombe to these pine avenues by 
way of Christchurch Road should return eastward along 
either of the parallel thoroughfares of Gervis Road or Grove 
Road, each of which leads into Manor Road. Nearly at the 
eastward end of this road, on the right, close to its junction 
with Christchurch Road, is the narrow entrance to a path 
crossing Boscombe Chine by a rustic bridge. The bridge 
leads into Owls Road, a name chosen as reminiscent of a 
satirical journal known as The Owl, with which was closely 
connected Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, a landowner and 
benefactor of Boscombe, and at one time M.P. for Christ- 
church. 



SOUTHBOURNE-ON-SEA, POKESDOWN AND 
WESTBOURNE. 

THE interesting little resort of Southbourne, with its 
sometime sub-title *' On Sea," seems in appearance 
and name a resort apart from and independent of Bourne- 
mouth. But the cold records of local government show that 
while Southbourne is four miles from the centre of Bourne- 
mouth, and had once a separate existence, it is now included 
in the County Borough, and, with Pokesdown, forms one of 
its eleven wards. 

Southbourne is pleasantly situated near to the eastern 
extremity of Bournemouth Bay, and is within a mile and a 
half of Christchurch, which lies in the valley beneath. 

The buses and trams from Boscombe pass through South- 
bourne, close to the sea, en route to Christchurch, and it can 
also be approached by rail by way of Pokesdown Station, the 
nearest station for Southbourne proper, from which it is 
distant about i J miles, or by way of Christchurch Station, at 
which visitors to Southbourne-on-Sea generally alight. 

The Situation of Southbourne. 

The elevation of this youthful and agreeable seaside re- 
sort has done much to win favour for it. It has been aptly 
described as '* A miniature tableland, standing raised above 
the very margin of the genial Channel Sea, with an absolutely 
unimpeded exposure to breezes and sunshine." The view 
embraces both Bournemouth and Christchurch Bays, and 
extends from Durleston Head, on the coast of Dorset, to 
Hurst Castle at the entrance to the Solent. Its climate is 
equable and healthy, and from its high position Southbourne 
can boast of really bracing air. 

The soil, consisting of gravel and sand to a good depth, 
contributes to the bracing qualities of the air. Even after 
prolonged rain the ground quickly dries, as local pedestrians 
gratefully testify. A striking tribute to the healthiness of 

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the place is afforded by its extraordinarily low death-rate. 

Dr. Dobell, in his work on The Medical A spects of Bourne- 
mouth and its Surroundings, has devoted a chapter to describ- 
ing and explaining the bracing conditions of the Southbourne 
air, and official figures give eloquent testimony to its high 
repute for sunniness. 

The rapid progress of Southbourne will be understood 
when it is known that not so many years ago it was an 
untouched sweep of gorse-land, without even the dignity of 
a name, and possessing neither houses nor roads. Now it 
has many a row of pleasant dwelling-houses, several hotels 
and boarding establishments, and the consequent accompani- 
ment of church and shops. St. Katharine's Church, a stone 
building dedicated in 1882, has grown with the population, 
and in 1900 the enlarged building was consecrated by the 
Bishop of Winchester. 

The Surroundings of Southbourne. 

"Southbourne," says a writer, "is the chosen dwelling- 
place of the most golden gorse one could wish to see. Acres 
of glowing gold, stretching inland from the borders of the 
blue Channel, make the dullest day bright. The cliffs are 
the safest that can be imagined ; children can play on them 
without fear, and there the worn-out city man may lounge by 
the delicious meadows stretching across to Christchurch.*' 

The walks and drives form an especially pleasant feature 
among the attractions of Southbourne. The immediately 
surrounding countryside is picturesque, and the views from 
the cliffs seaward and the higher ground inland are extensive 
and beautiful. Also there are few resorts so favourably 
situated for those whose tastes incline to varying the delights 
of the seaside by the change of river boating or angling. 
Within a few minutes' walk are the Stour and the spacious 
expanse of Christchurch Harbour. Boats can be hired at 
Wick Ferry and elsewhere at low rates. The river scenery 
is very pretty in its combination of meadow and woodland, 
and an excursion to the delightful spot known as the Sheep- 
wash can be strongly recommended. The row from either 
Wick Ferry or Tuckton Bridge to the Sheepwash is an attrac- 
tion not to Southbourne visitors only, but to holiday-makers 
from relatively distant Bournemouth who count the Stour 
among the charms that have endeared to them the town 
and neighbourhood. 



70 SOUTHBOUKNE— POKESDOWN 

A charming walk may be taken along the edge of the cliffs 
to the Double Dykesand Hengistbury Head (p. 82). From 
the Head fine panoramic views may be obtained of Christ- 
church Harbour and the old Priory, the mouth of the Stour 
and the line of cliffs past Highcliffe. To the east may be seen 
the Needles and Alum Bay (Isle of Wight). 

The Sand Hills, stretching in a long succession between 
the shore and the bordering heath-lands, must be included 
among Southboume's attractive features ; for on these safe 
and soft hillocks the children delight to play ; and here the 
elders may rest in sandy hollows with the comfort of which 
no arm-chair can vie. On the hottest days shady nooks may 
be found among the sand-hills ; for if the sunshine invades 
one side, it may be avoided by the simple expedient of 
changing position. 

Walks to Christchurch and along the Stour Valley, across 
the gorse commons and by the cliffs, are distinct additions 
to the pleasures of seaside life ; and they have had a large 
share in winning favour for the pleasant little resort of South- 
bourne-on-Sea, the amenities of which have of late been 
increased by the construction of a cliff drive across the sand- 
hills. 

POKESDOWN 

has many charms, but the casual visitor would hardly con- 
sider it sufficiently fairy-like to justify the undoubted deriva- 
tion of its name from Puck's Down. 

Once merely a village on the road to Christchurch, it is now 
a populous portion of the borough of Bournemouth, included 
in the Southbourne Ward. It adjoins Boscombe East, has 
Southbourne between it and the sea, and is connected with 
the centre of the borough both by rail and a frequent electric 
tram service. 

Among the places of worship, the pretty St. James's 
Church, built from the plans of G. E. Street, R.A., and 
opened in 1858, will compel attention by the beauty of its in- 
terior. The shafts of Purbeck marble, the alabaster reredos, 
the stained windows, and the tasteful designs in the tile pave- 
ment, combine to make an interior of exquisite harmony. 

The neighbourhood has been rapidly developed in the 
districts of the Stourfield and Stourwood Estates, both of 
them on high ground, with fine views in several directions. 
On the latter estate the Home Sanatorium occupies a promi- 



WESTBOUKNE 71 

nent position. During the clearance of some undeveloped 
land north of the railway, in 1909, were discovered two 
ancient barrows belonging to the period before the bronze 
or iron age. 

WESTBOURNE 

is a growing district at the extreme western end of Bourne- 
mouth. It is very different from Pokesdown. Of recent 
years it has become a favourite residential neighbourhood. 
The finest houses have been erected along the wide and well- 
kept roads between Poole Road and the sea. Some of these 
thoroughfares lead to the West Overcliff Drive ; others to 
the eastern boundary of Branksome Park (p. 80). West- 
bourne has an arcade and some excellent shops, and though 
it is rather a residential than a holiday-makers* district, some 
good furnished apartments are to be obtained. 

The most picturesque part of this portion of the borough 
is undoubtedly Alum Chine, described on p. 54. 

The beach at the shore end of the chine is much frequented 
in summer, as there is good bathing accommodation, and 
private tents may be erected on payment of a small rent. 
Facing the small Promenade are some " cloister " shelters, 
which can be rented from the To\\ti Council. 



PLACES OF WORSHIP. 

{For Hours of Divine Service, see pp. 21-23.) 

THERE is little in Bournemouth that is not beautiful. 
Roads and buildings, parks and groves, squares, ar- 
cades and gardens, all harmonize with the general impression 
of brightness, freshness and charm pervading the town and 
neighbourhood ; and among the rest of the public buildings 
the places of worship are in nearly every instance grace- 
fully constructed. Indeed, many are examples of the best 
forms of modern architecture. 

St. Peter's Church, 

at the junction of Gervis and Hinton Roads, close to the 
Square and the Pleasure Gardens, claims first attention, 
both as the Mother Church of Bournemouth and for the grace 
of its style and adornment. In 1850 it was nothing better 
than a plain brick structure ; but in the following year, 
the Rev. A. M. Bennett, the Vicar, set to work with the 
obj ect of raising a church which should be a fitting ornament 
to the even then beautiful town. Little by little, as funds per- 
mitted, one feature after another was added, until, as the 
result of strenuous endeavours lasting for twenty-eight years, 
the church was completed, and in its exquisite proportions 
stood both as a memorial of Mr. Bennett's earnestness and 
of Mr. G. E. Street's architectural skill. A month after 
the thanksgiving service that marked the completion of the 
noble edifice the Vicar died, and was laid to rest in the church- 
yard close to the south porch. 

" No expense or thought has been spared," writes an 
authority on ecclesiastical architecture, " to make the interior 
worthy of its stately exterior. The majestic proportions 
of its arches, the length of the nave, the ornate open-timbered 
roof, the beautiful frescoes, the costly chancel, with its 
numerous sculptured figures, and the many-coloured windows, 

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PLACES OF WORSHIP 73 

all combine to form an ideal place of worship. Above the 
chancel arch is a fine fresco painting of the Crucifixion, with 
the three Marys at the foot of the Cross, and on the one side 
Roman soldiers casting lots over Christ's garments, and on 
the other a group of Jews. On the north and south walls 
are paintings upon tiles, illustrating scenes bearing upon 
the Holy Communion, the Feast of Cana, the Feeding of the 
Five Thousand, the Last Supper, etc." 

The windows are worthy of the church. Especially note- 
worthy are the apostle windows, each bearing a representa- 
tion of one of the apostles, with a clause of the Apostles' 
Creed beneath. Keble used to sit in the south transept 
during his prolonged visit to Bournemouth. The " Keble 
Window,'* placed in his memory, contains figures of many 
church worthies, including the author of The Christian Year, 
robed in his surplice. He is also commemorated by the 
Keble Chapel, and by a copper tablet placed on Brookside, 
the house near the Pier where he died in 1866. 

Close to the south porch, and near to Mr. Bennett's grave 
in the tastefully laid-out churchyard, is a fine Cross, 22 feet 
high, fashioned in thirteenth-century style. On the base are 
sculptured representations of the Nativity, Crucifixion and 
Ascension, and of the martyrdom of St. Peter. Among those 
laid to rest in this beautiful churchyard are Mary W. Shelley, 
widow of Shelley the poet, and Lewis D. G. Tregonwell, the 
founder of Bournemouth. 

In the Old Christchurch Road stands — 

Holy Trinity Church, 

a red brick building in the Byzantine style, decorated with 
terra-cotta, and consecrated in 1869. An unusual feature is 
the square bell-tower, built away from the Church, and con- 
taining a peal of five bells in memory of the wife of Dean 
EHot, of Windsor, a former vicar. The interior of the church 
is plain, the chief feature being the large rose window in 
memory of Bishop Sumner, for forty-two years Bishop of 
Winchester. Holy Trinity was the second church built at 
Bournemouth, and to mark its jubilee there were erected in 
1920 a new organ and a gilded wrought -iron chancel screen. 
At the same time was added a memorial tablet to the memory 
the first Vicar, the late Rev. Dr. P. F. Eliot, K.C.V.O., who 
subsequently became Dean of Windsor. 



74 PLACES OF WORSHIP 

St. Andrew's Church, Malmesbury Park, is a Chapel-of- 
Ease to Holy Trinity. 

St. Clement's Church, 
between Springboume and Boscombe, and reached by Knole 
Road, a turning on the left out of Christchurch Road, is a 
grey stone edifice of very graceful proportions. The building 
affords one of the most interesting examples in England 
of the revival of Gothic architecture, and takes high rank 
among the beautiful structures with which Bournemouth 
and its neighbourhood are adorned. It is planned in the 
form of a stately nave and chancel, with a north aisle and 
Lady Chapel. The tower opens into the west end of the 
nave. 

St. Mary the Virgin's Church, Holdenhurst Road, is a 
chapel-of-ease to St. Clement's. 

St. Stephen's Church, 
a memorial of the Rev. A. M. Bennett, the first Vicar of 
Bournemouth, is in St. Stephen's Road, a turning on the 
left out of Richmond Hill from the Square. It is a structure 
of remarkable beauty, as the visitor will agree who first sees, 
from the south porch, the interior with the graceful length of 
the nave separated from the aisles by twelve arches, rising 
from clustered columns with finely-moulded capitals and 
bases. Above the arches is a quatre-foiled parapet, beneath 
which is a corbel table. Higher still are lofty clerestory 
windows decorated with foliated circles. The church is a 
brick edifice faced on the exterior with Swanage stone and 
inside with Bath stone. An interesting feature is the font, 
cut from a solid block of Italian marble ; and also worthy 
of close attention is the pulpit, of Carrara marble, with repre- 
sentations of Scriptural subjects, and at the angles figures 
of six women saints. The Lady Chapel is particularly fine, and 
the window glass, though modem, is very beautiful. The 
apsidal chancel, with its carved oak communion table, is in 
harmony with a building the rich ornamentation of which 
places it in a high rank among modern English churches. 

The Hfe-size Crucifix in the rear of the church is a War 
Memorial. 

St. Augustin's Church, 
Wimborne Road, close to the Cemetery Gates, is a fine 
building in the Early Decorated style. It was originally 



PLACES OF WORSHIP 75 

built and presented to St. Stephen's parish by the late Canon 
Twells as a chapel-of-ease, but now serves a large and im- 
portant parish of its own and has a Mission Hall in connection. 
In Charminster Road, in the northern part of the parish, is 
St. Alban's Church, a large, handsome building of modem 
design. 

St. Michael's Church, 

at the Bournemouth end of the Poole Road, is another of the 
many places of worship that add to the beautiful appearance 
of the town. Among its features of interest are the frescoes 
in the chancel illustrative of the Te Deum, the stained me- 
morial windows, the exquisitely-carved oak screen separating 
the sanctuary from the chancel, and the pulpit \vith its sculp- 
tured representations of St. Michael, Jacob's dream. Lot's 
escape from Sodom, and other Biblical subjects. The 
tower of the church is a prominent object on the west side of 
Bournemouth. 

Among the pine trees on the East Cliff, in the open space 
between Gervis Road East and Manor Road, is St. Swithun's 
Church, built in 1876 as a chapel-of-ease to St. Peter's. Its- 
chief feature is the carved reredos, a work of singular beauty ^ 

Near to the Central Station, at the junction of St. Paul's 
Road with Littledown Road, is St. Paul's Church, a large and 
handsome building in the Early English style. The tower con- 
tains a peal of eight bells. The graceful spire was added in 
1903 as a memorial of Queen Victoria. Objects of interest 
within are the handsome oak pulpit ; the reredos of Caen 
stone and alabaster, picturing the Lord's Supper ; the painted 
windov/s of the apse, and the fine series on the south side of 
the nave illustrating the life and labours of St. Paul. 

In Surrey Road, close to the Upper Pleasure Gardens, is 
St. John's Church, and on the West Cliff Road. Westbourne,. 
overlooking the head of Alum Chine, stands St. Ambrose's 
Church, a fine example of fifteenth-century Perpendicular 
work. 

In Pokesdown is St. James's Church, built on a site pre- 
sented by Sir George Meyrick. It is a sandstone structure 
with Bath stone dressings, and with Purbeck marble adorn- 
ments in the interior. 

Other churches are St. John the Evangelist, Christchurch 
Road, Boscombe ; St. Andrew's, Florence Road, Boscombe ; 
St. Luke's, Winton ; and All Saints', Southboume. 



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Christ Church (Reformed Episcopal Church of England) 
is in Alumhurst Road, Westbourne. 

Baptist. 
The oldest in the district is the Baptist Church in Palmer- 
ston Road, Boscombe. In the Lansdowne Road is the 
Lansdowne Baptist Church ; at the corner of Poole Road and 
Grosvenor Road stands the West Cliff Tabernacle, and at 
Freemantle, Boscombe, is the East Boscombe Tabernacle. 

Congregational. 

The Richmond Hill Congregational Church, situated be- 
tween Bourne Avenue and St. Stephen's Road, was built 
in 1 891 on the site of an earlier structure. It is a fine building, 
the interior so arranged that the preacher is in sight of practi- 
cally every member of the congregation. 

The Charminster Road Congregational Church, at the corner 
of Capstone Road, is in connection with the Richmond Hill 
Church. 

On the Holdenhurst Road is the East Cliff Congregational 
Church, built of white brick with stone dressings. Its clock 
tower is a prominent feature of this end of the Holdenhurst 
Road. 

In the Poole Road is the Westbourne Congregational 
Church, a stone building in the Perpendicular style. There 
are other churches of the same denomination in Christchurch 
Road, Boscombe, and at Pokesdown and Southbourne. 

Presbyterian. 
St. Andrew's, Exeter Road, close to the Square, in the 
Early English style, is noted for its lofty, graceful spire. 
St. Mark's is in Bath Road. In Wyndham Road, Spring- 
bourne, is the McGill Presbyterian Mission, built in memory 
of the Rev. J. McGill, for many years pastor of St. Andrew's. 

Wesleyan. 

The Punshon Memorial Church, Richmond Hill, was built 
in 1886 to take the place of the earliest of the Bournemouth 
Wesleyan church'es, which was pulled down in the making of 
Post Office Road, between the Old Christchurch Road and 
Richmond Hill. The style of architecture is the Early 
Decorated, a beautiful feature being the spire, 130 feet in 
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There are a number of other fine Nonconformist places of 
worship in the borough, a hst of which is given on p. 22—3. 

Roman Catholic Churches. 

At the junction of Richmond Hill and Albert Road is 
the Church of the Sacred Heart, a tastefully constructed 
building of white brick with Bath stone dressings. Adjoining 
the Convent of the Holy Cross, in Parkwood Road, Boscombe, 
with entrance from the Christchurch Road, is Corpus Christi 
Church, built in the Early English style with red brick. In 
Middle Road, Westbourne, is a temporary structure known as 
the Chapel of Mary Immaeulate, to be replaced in time by 
a permanent building. There is also the Church of the 
Annunciation, Richmond Park Road. 



WALKS FROM BOURNEMOUTH. 

THERE are walks enough within the Hmits of Bourne- 
mouth to satisfy the visitor who is content to stroll 
leisurely and enjoy the rus in urhe without the fatigue of 
journeying into the country around ; walks so beautiful, 
through parks and pleasure grounds, heathery moors, forest- 
like avenues and patches of woodland, that a great part of the 
town seems to be a panorama of sylvan charm ; walks so 
varied that not even those who roam most industriously will 
soon exhaust their wonder and their beauty. But to the 
young and active there is an attraction in a straightforward 
trudge with an object in the background, and for such the 
following description of the walks around Bournemouth is 
penned. In nearly all cases the distances can be considerably 
shortened by taking advantage of the motor-buses or electric 
trams, either for part of the way or for the whole of the out- 
ward or homeward journey. 

I. To Talbot Woods. 

By the courtesy of the Earl of Leven and Melville, the 
pine-covered expanse of Talbot Woods is open to the public 
who visit them afoot or by bicycle. Motors and chars-a-bancs 
are not admitted; dogs are allowed, but must be under 
proper control, and smoking is most strictly prohibited. The 
necessity for the last precaution, especially in dry weather, 
will be apparent to everyone who knows the comfort of a 
couch of pine needles. The Woods lie to the north of the 
Upper Pleasure Gardens, and may be reached from the Square 
in a few minutes by way of Bourne Avenue and Branksome 
Wood Road, the one being a continuation of the other {see 
our plan of the town). The Woods may also be reached by 
paths across the Meyrick Park golf links. For further notes 
on the Woods, see p. 6i. Just a furlong south of the rail- 
way will be seen a Barrow, in which an urn was recently 
found ; there is another one mile west, across the bridge, 
called Fern Barrow. 

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The return to the heart of Bournemouth can be varied 
by taking the turning to the right at the farther end of 
Talbot Woods. A quarter of a mile from the exit is the 
Cemetery, and at its southern angle is Wimbome Road, 
which runs into Richmond Hill and the Square. 

IL To Talbot Village. 

(6 miles return,) 

This pleasant village (the parish including Wallisdown, Ens- 
bury Park, and part of East Howe) is three miles from 
Bournemouth Square. Follow the road through the Woods 
as described in Walk I. Cross the railway, and continue to 
Talbot Avenue, about half a mile west of Winton (an attrac- 
tive district rapidly filling up, which the Moordown trams 
pass via the Wimborne Road. Winton possesses a small 
recreation ground presented by the Earl of Malmesbury), 

Talbot Avenue, followed to the left (north-westward), 
leads in about a mile to — 

Talbot Village, 

a charming settlement named after its founder. Miss 
Georgina Charlotte Talbot, of Hinton Wood House, 
Bournemouth. It consists for the main part of five 
small farms, some twenty picturesque cottages (each having 
an acre of ground around it), seven liberally-endowed alms- 
houses, a church and a school. The fortunate tenants of the 
cottages pay for their pretty dwellings and surrounding land 
only £6 per annum and the water rate. 

In the beautiful churchyard is a monumental stone Cross, 
in memory of Miss Talbot, on which is a brief summary of her 
peaceful and useful career, with the tribute — " She hath 
done what she could.'* The churchyard also contains a 
simple Memorial Cross to the memory of those who fell in 
the War. 

Bournemouth can be regained (i ) by returning along Talbot 
Avenue to the Wimbome Road and then by tram to the 
Square, or (2) by a grass-covered road on the left just short 
of the village inn. This leads across the moor in a S.E. 
direction, over the railway bridge, and thence through the 
Upper Pleasure Gardens. The south side of this moorland 
route is flanked by a hillside (Talbot Mount Estate), rich 
in clays and sands, that narrowly escaped alien pre-war 



80 BRANKSOME— CANFORD CLIFFS 

attention, the utility of the deposits ranging from " biscuit '* 
china to " crocks," from fine to rough glass. Botanically, 
too, this is an interesting locality : bog myrtle, sphagnum 
moss, and sun-dew abound. 

III. To Branksome. 

(About 6 miles return.) 

From the Square take tram along the Commercial Road 
and Poole Road to County Gates, a small arch on the left- 
hand side of the road, marking the boundary between the 
Counties of Hampshire and Dorset. From this point a broad 
and beautiful walk, known as The Avenue, bordered by pines 
and rhododendrons, leads through Branksome Park to the 
sea. From Tower Road, on the right, a swing gate leads into 
Branksome Chine, the natural beauty of which is a notable 
feature even in a region of such loveliness as Bournemouth 
and the neighbourhood. The Chine is a broad valley running 
inland for nearly a mile, studded with pine trees and luxuriant 
with heather, bracken and rhododendrons. In its depths tiny 
lakes nestle and a stream winds towards the sea ; and shady 
paths branch off in all directions, revealing unexpected gems 
of scenery. The visitor will do well to walk through the 
Chine along one side of the stream and back by the opposite 
side. The return to Bournemouth can be made either by 
the beach, or partly by the beach and up Alum Chine or 
Middle Chine to the West Cliff. 

IV. To Canford Cliffs. 

(About 6 miles return.) 

To County Gates, as in Walk III, and take the second 
turning along the Avenue to the right beyond All Saints* 
Church, leaving Branksome Chine to the left. Near the Post 
Office a road to the left leads to Canford Cliffs, along whose 
heights stretches a breezy moorland facing the sea for over 
6oo yards, and affording fine views in one direction over the 
lake-like Poole Bay, and in the other across the Channel to- 
wards the Isle of Wight. This is a favourite residential 
quarter, and in recent years a number of very handsome 
villas have been erected. Passing the opening to Flag Head 
Chine there is a steep descent to Panorama Beach, from which 
Parkstone may be reached by the main road, and the return 
to Bournemouth made by tram. 




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V. To Studland. 

(About 12 miles.) 

To Panorama Beach, as in Walk IV, and by road along the 
shore to the Haven Hotel, near to which is a Ferry across the 
Harbour ; then along the sands to Studland, a charming 
village that gives its name to the bay on which it stands. 
The beach is strewn with many varieties of shells and seaweed ; 
and those interested will do well to visit the Church, one of the 
prettiest Norman structures in Dorset. A short distance to 
the north-west of the village, on a low mound, stands a mass of 
iron sandstone known as the Agglestone, 19 feet in height, 
and weighing, it is estimated, over 400 tons. The stone is 
so curious that there is, naturally, many a legend concerning 
it. Beneath it, one account says, lies a British chieftain who 
fought and died for his country against the Romans ; but 
more romantic, though even less certain, is the connection of 
the rocky boulder with his Satanic highness, w^ho, so the story 
goes, flew with tlie stone across the Solent from the Isle of 
Wight with the object of dropping it upon Salisbury Cathe- 
dral, which he hated alike for its beauty and its sacred 
associations ; but the burden was too heavy, and he had per- 
force to let it fall upon the spot where it now lies. 

At certain places along the beach between Studland and 
South Haven occur what are known as " Musical Sands." 
They were first noticed in 1887 by Mr. C. Carus- Wilson, who 
has kindly contributed the followdng note on the subject : — 

" These * singing sands ' are usually accumulated midway 
between the sea-margin and the dunes under favourable 
conditions of wind and tide, and are confined to certain 
patches of varjdng size. On walking over these sands, or 
when drawing a stick or stone along their surfaces, the}^ emit 
a peculiar sound of a musical character. The notes may be 
considerably intensified if the sand is placed in a china cup, 
or bowl, and its surface struck Vvith a wooden plunger. The 
shrill notes then emitted may be heard for a considerable 
distance. 

" The grains of quartz composing this sand are clean, 
rounded, highly-polished and uniform in size, and when sand 
grains possess these special physical properties they produce 
vibrations of approximately equal length if caused to rub one 
against the other, and these give rise to the musical notes." 

Mr. Carus-Wilson has since found similar sands in other 
localities. 

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82 HENGISTBURY HEAD— CHRISTCHURCH 

VI. To Hengistbury Head. 

{About lo miles return.) 

Take the tram to Southbourne, which may also be reached 
along the sands from Boscombe. From Southbourne it is 
an interesting walk by cliff or shore to Hengistbury Head, 
(p. 70), purchased a few years ago by Mr. Gordon Self ridge. 
Those who like a change of scenery for the return walk will 
cross by ferry to Mudeford, and get back to Bournemouth 
via Christchurch. (Mudeford to Christchurch Priory, 2 miles). 

There is no established ferry. Where the headland approaches 
most closely to Mudeford, a fisherman must be hailed. A 
penny or two for each passenger will satisfy him. 

Those satisfied by the outward walk can journey from 
Mudeford to Christchurch by a launch which plies during 
summer. 

In prehistoric times Hengistbury Head was fortified by large 
earthworks. During the last few years excavations have 
brought to light a considerable number of flint implements, 
mostly of the Neolithic period ; fine examples of Bronze 
Age pottery, and urns containing cremated remains ; an 
incense cup ; gold, amber and bronze objects ; and a collec- 
tion of over 4,000 gold, silver and bronze coins, mostly 
British. There were also discovered large jars that seemed to 
have been sunk in the soil for the storage of corn ; many 
querns, showing that some form of bread was made ; and 
loom weights and spindle whorls, indicating that weaving was 
carried on. 

VH. To Christchurch. 

(About 10 miles return.) 

To Hengistbury Head, as in Walk VI, vid, ferry to Mudeford, 
and thence by road or by launch ; or at Southbourne take 
the direct road followed by the trams. Just before reaching 
Tuckton Bridi^e, take a lane on the right to Wick Ferry (id.). 
By crossing the river in the ferry boat one of the best views 
of the Priory Church is obtained. A field path leads to the 
ancient building. 

The return may be made by the turning at the Antelope Inn, 
a hostelry in the Christchurch High Street, and by way of the 
Cemetery boundary to Jumper's Lodge ; then turn to the 
left over Iford Bridge, and reach Bournemouth by way of 
Pokesdown and Boscombe. 

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VIIL To the Stour Valley. 

{I ford, about 7 miles return; Throop, about 10 miles return; 
Holdenhurst, about 8 miles return,) 

To the lover of scenery the walk to the Stour Valley will 
prove a great temptation. The road is pleasant and easily 
found, and the valley so attractive that the walks to and 
around Throop, Holdenhurst and Iford are certain to be, to 
the active pedestrian, of the " repeat order " description. 
Their charm and interest will be far from exhausted in a day's 
walk ; and to those fond of boating the neighbourhood will be 
a compelling attraction. 

Those whose love of riverside scenery is greater than their 
power, or inclination, for walking, will be well advised to save 
several miles by taking train or tram to Pokesdown and visit- 
ing Throop, Holdenhurst and Iford in the reverse order. 
Or the tram could be taken northward from Richmond 
Hill to Moordown, and thence to the Stour {see district map). 

The pedestrian from Bournemouth will go through the 
Upper Gardens to Prince of Wales' Road, and take the turning 
to the right through the always charming Talbot Woods, 
over railway-bridge, to Talbot Avenue. Here inquire for 
*' Boundary Lane," and follow it (past Aerodrome) to Red 
Hill Common. Then to Muscliff, with a pretty peep of the 
river, and on to Throop, with its w^ater-mill, ford, and wooded 
islet. At this pleasant, straggling village, the river scenery, 
both up and down the Stour, is of great charm. The banks 
are fringed with trees that send long arms over the water, 
and above the ford a wooded islet adds to the beauty of 
the scene. 

Journeying on to Holdenhurst, the pedestrian will have the 
river on his left. A road on the right in Holdenhurst leads 
by a direct route past Malmesbury Park to Bournemouth, 
and that on the left to — 

Iford Bridge, 

on the main road (more northerly than that followed by the 
trams) between Pokesdown and Christchurch. Iford is a 
small village, about a mile north-east of Pokesdown Station, 
deriving its name from E a- ford, the shallow ford. The 
village stands on the western bank of the Stour, which is 
here crossed by a bridge. 



84 WEST PARLEY— HERON COURT 

IX. Redhill Ferry and West Parley. 
Another delightful walk (in dry weather) along the Stour 
Valley also begins at the Moordown tram terminus. A 
field-path leads north-westward to Redhill Ferry, by which 
the river is crossed, and thence a lane is followed to West 
Parley (Horns Inn), with an interesting church containing 
what is known as the " Lydlynch relic/* The return can 
be made by the same route, or the river can be crossed 
by a bridge to the west of the village, and the Kinson road 
followed to Moordown. Kinson Church, parent church to 
Talbot village church, is well worth a visit. 

X. To the Rhododendron Plantation. 

{About 8 J miles return). 

Follow the Christchurch Road to Iford, cross the bridge, 
and less than a quarter of a mile beyond turn to the left. 
(The road branching off to the right leads to Christchurch.) 
For half a mile the walk lies through a beautiful avenue, at 
the end of which a turning to the left is in the direction of 
the Rhododendron Plantation {see p. 96). 

On the northern side of the Plantation, and less than a 
mile from Blackwater Ferry, is the village of Heme, or Hurn, 
between which and the river is Heron Court, once the country 
house of the Christchurch Priors, now the seat of the Earl 
of Malmesbury. The house is not shown to the public. 

Those not fond of walking will save several miles on the 
return by using Hurn Station, three-quarters of a mile from 
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SEA TRIPS FROM BOURNEMOUTH. 

FOR information concerning times of departure and fares 
to the various places touched by the Bournemouth 
steamboats, see bills widely displayed throughout the town, 
or apply to Pier Toll House or the Steamboat Office, Syden- 
ham's Library, adjoining. 

Among the manifold attractions of Bournemouth the 
excursions by sea fill a prominent position, owing to the 
cheapness, excellence, and punctuahty of the services. 

There are two Steamboat Companies : Messrs. Cosens &Co. 
owning the fine fleet with buff funnels ; and the Southampton 
and Isle of Wight Company owning the white funnel fleet. 

Within easy distance — so easy, indeed, that, during the 
longer days, afternoon return trips are occasionally arranged 
— are the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, Southampton, Poole 
Harbour, Swanage and Weymouth. Among the more 
distant excursions are those round the Isle of Wight and to 
Brighton, Torquay, the Channel Islands and Cherbourg. 

There is in summer a regular service of steamboats, several 
times daily, except Sundays, between Bournemouth and 
Swanage ; but, although frequent, the trips to the more 
distant places are not so regular. Full particulars are pro- 
minently advertised, and printed lists of sailings may be had 
from the Bournemouth offices : for Cosens & Co.'s fleet of 
steamers at Sydenham's Library, Pier Approach ; and for 
the Southampton Co.'s line of boats from the Company's 
Office, Observer Chambers, Albert Road. 

Of all the sea excursions, the most frequent and the best 
patronized are those to Swanage. 

I. To Swanage. 

It is possible for the traveller who starts early to visit most 
of the main attractions of this interesting neighbourhood in 
the interval between the morning out boat and the evening 
return. But even then he will but have crossed the border 

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86 SWANAGE 

of this charming little place, with its fine coast scenery and 
delightful inland country. The whole of the Dorset coast hasT 
for its characteristics undulating downs and bold chalk cliffs ; 
but the best country lies inland, and comparatively few Lon- 
doners know anything of it except through the pages of Mr. 
Hardy's books. Not for the one-day visitor is the happy 
chance to wander into the remote and beautiful regions from 
Lulstead Cove, where Sergeant Troy was drowned, to Salis-1 
bury Plain, where Tess of the D'Urbervilles wandered in th^ 
days of her trouble. 

But even within the compass of a day's visit from Bourne 
mouth there is a wealth of interest to be explored in and nea 
Swanage. On the way by steamboat will be seen the entrancd 
to Poble Harbour, and then Studland Bay, bounded on the 
south by Handfast Point. This headland is the termination 
of a ridge of hills known as Nine Barrov/ Down, upon which 
Corfe Castle stands. Off Handfast Point are some pinnacles 
called the Old Harry Rocks, one considerably shorter than 
the other, thanks to a severe buffeting in 1896. A little 
beyond will be seen the entrance to Swanage Bay, 

It is a quiet place, this ancient — 

Swanage, 

with its picturesque situation on the rocky coast of the Dorset 
peninsula known as the Isle of Purbeck. It possesses a fair 
pier and a fine sea promenade. Though the higher part of 
the beach is of fine shingle, at all times except high tide a 
good stretch of clean, gently-sloping sand is exposed. The 
most notable buildings in the older and higher part of the 
town are St. Mary's Church, with its twelfth-century tower, 
and a modern Town Hall which displays the front of old 
Mercers' Hall, London, designed by Wren. Quite a number 
of monuments which now " adorn '* the Swanage roads once 
did a similar duty in the streets and squares of London, 
whose citizens rejoiced to be rid of them. 

The principal business of Swanage is in connection with the 
stone quarries. From these is obtained a hard stone of great 
value for paving purposes ; but more famous is the Purbeck 
Marble, as beautiful as the Italian, but less esteemed because 
more common. These quarries supplied the greater part of 
the building material for, amongst many other buildings, the 
cathedrals of Winchester and Salisbury, Romsey Abbey and 
the Temple Church, London. 




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It is an interesting walk of three miles over the Downs to 
Studland, with its Norman Church and lovely surroundings. 
There are also frequent conveyances, but these of necessity 
take the road, which does not afford such charming views 
as the Downland footpath. 

Pedestrians can return to Bournemouth by wal-king along 
the shore of Studland Bay to Shell Bay Point, whence a ferry 
plies to Sandbanks, which is approximately four miles from 
Bournemouth Pier. (A motor *bus runs between the Haven 
Hotel and County Gates.) 

Swanage and its neighbourhood are fully described in our 
Guide to Swanage. 

Another favourite walk from Swanage is to Durlston Head 
and — 

Tilly Whim. 

The shortest and most pleasant route for pedestrians is by a 
footpath which may be gained by any of the roads at the back 
of the Royal Victoria Hotel, a few yards from the Pier. The 
path leads by a stiff ascent to a house called Craig-y-don. 
Here turn leftward along the road to the Belle Vue Restaur- 
ant and pass through the grounds to a path and road leading 
directly to Durlston Head, the red-brick restaurant being by 
this time visible. The route is indicated by inscriptions on 
stones. Below the restaurant known as Durlston Castle 
stands a great Globe of Portland stone, ten feet in diameter and 
forty tons in weight. It is so poised as to represent the 
position of the earth in space, and on it are shown the chief 
divisions of the earth's surface. Stone benches placed around 
indicate the eight chief points of the compass ; and in the 
hope of preserving the globe and the surrounding explanatory 
tablets from defacement by the penknife of the amateur 
carver, two large slabs are provided for those who must leave 
their autographs behind. 

From the globe a path leads along the bird-haunted cliffs 
to a tunnel giving access to the — 

Tilly Whim Caves, 

formed centuries ago by quarries, and at one time a favourite 
haunt of smugglers. The tunnel path is dark, but so smooth 
that it may be traversed in the gloom with confidence. 
Close to the caves, on Anvil Point, at a height of nearly 



88 CORFE CASTLE 

200 feet above the sea, is the Lighthouse^ to which visitors 
are generally admitted at certain hours. 
Six miles north-west of Swanage is — 

CORFE CASTLE. 

Admission, 6d. Open 9 a.m. to dusk, also on Sundays after 2 p.m. 

Corfe is easily reached from Swanage by train and by 
char-a-banc from Bournemouth. 

It is an ancient story that is told by this Porset fortress, 
once the strongest castle in the kingdom. It was here — or in 
an earlier building on the same site — that King Edward, in 
978, was murdered by his stepmother, Elfrida, in order that 
her own son might wear the crown of England. She made a 
great show of hospitality during a visit he paid to her while on 
a hunting expedition ; but on offering him a farewell cup of 
wine at the gate she arranged with one of her retainers for the 
young king to be stabbed in the back in the act of drinking. 
He was first interred in the neighbouring town of Wareham, 
but during the next year his body was buried with much 
solemnity in Shaftesbury Abbey, by direction of Archbishop 
Dunstan. 

The Castle v/as destroyed by the Danes a few years after- 
wards, and rebuilt by William the Conqueror. King John 
had such confidence in its strength that during the struggle 
with the barons he placed his regalia here for safety. It was 
for a time the prison of Edward II, and afterwards of Richard 
II, both of whom perished miserably, the one at Berkeley, 
the other at Pontefract. 

The end of Corfe Castle as a fortress came in the Civil War. 
During a vigorous siege by the Roundheads it was successfully 
held for several days by Lady Bankes — an ancestress of the 
present owner. The spirited lady, as readers of Brave 
Dame Mary will recall, had but a few servants to support her, 
but she urged them by words and example to do their best, 
and so successfully that it was only by the treachery of one 
supposed to be a faithful friend that the besiegers gained 
admittance. The massive walls were then undermined, and 
gunpowder reduced the Castle to its present state of ruin. 

Visitors approach the Castle by a four-arched bridge, span- 
ning what was formerly a deep moat ; and by passing beneath 
the gate tower, which has on each side a ruined round tower, 
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of this spacious court is the Pembroke Tower, built when the 
Cast'e was occupied by the Earl of Pembroke, Protector of 
the Kingdom during the minority of Henry III. 

A tw -arched bridge, crossing a dry moat, leads to Edward 
the Martyr's Gate. 

The remains of the Keep tower high above the mound and 
seem in imminent danger of toppling over. The extensive 
ramparts are still fairly well preserved in parts and form ex- 
cellent vantage-points for views of the surrounding country. 
Eastward the eye roves over Poole Harbour, with Bourne- 
mouth beyond, while westward a long range of hills is seen, 
crowned by the square tower of Kingston Church. On either 
side of the Castle are lofty hills which form even better view- 
points, though the ascents are somewhat steep. 

Under the thin disguise of '* Corvsgate Castle," Corfe Castle 
figures in Thomas Hardy's novel. The Hand of Ethelherta, 

The village of Corfe consists mainly of two streets and a 
tiny market-place. The Church is of great interest and 
should be visited. For fuller particulars of Swanage, Corfe 
Castle, and the neighbourhood, see the Guide to Swanage in 
this series. 

n. To the Isle of Wight. 

We cannot here attempt a description of the many places 
of interest in the Island, but must refer readers to our 
Guide to the Isle of Wight. 

There are frequent trips to the following resorts in the Isle 
of Wight : 

Totland Bay, separated by Headon Hill from Alum Bay, 
vdth. its variously coloured cliffs, and the neighbouring 
Needles, is a pleasant little place with delightful land and 
sea views, white and firm sands, and gorgeous sunsets. 

Ryde. The chief attractions of Ryde are the Esplanade, 
with its pleasant view of the always interesting Solent, the 
Esplanade Gardens and lake, and the Pier, which is about 
half a mile in length, and is traversed by electric trams. 

Cowes. Those who reach Cowes by pleasure steamers are 
generally landed at the Victoria Pier. The Parade is the 
most attractive part of the little town. The view across the 
Solent, especially when the roadstead is crowded with yachts, 
and launches are darting in all directions, is as animated as 
one could desire. A few yards westward of the Pier is Gowes 
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90 THE ISLE OF WIGHT 

premier yacht club of the country. The Castle, with its 
pretty grounds and conservatory-like "platform,'* incor- 
porates what is left of a fort built in Henry VIII 's time. 
Cowes Regatta is held early in August. 

The state rooms of Osborne, for many years the seaside 
home of Queen Victoria, are open to the public in summer on 
Tuesdays and Fridays from 11.30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and in winter 
on Fridays only from 11.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. 

Those who reach Cowes by steamer, either at the Pontoon 
or the Victoria Pier, will generally find in waiting small steam 
launches, which run directly across the river to East Cowes. 
Persons who walk must proceed up the narrow High Street, 
presently turning left, down Medina Road, to the Floating 
Bridge, but the steam launch is quicker and more direct. 
Brakes are frequently in waiting at the East Cowes landing- 
stage and run to the Prince of Wales Gate. Those who walk 
should turn to the right for York Avenue and proceed straight 
up the hill, with its many pleasant villas, to the lodge of 
Norris Castle. Here bend to the right to the Prince of Wales 
Gate, a distance from the landing-stage of about three-quarters 
of a mile. Visitors are allowed on the road leading directly 
from the Prince of Wales entrance to Osborne House, and 
on the footpath leading to the Swiss Cottage, but all other 
roads and paths are closed. 

On the right as one enters by the Prince of Wales Gate la 
the extensive range of bungalows, etc., erected for the Royal 
Naval College, closed in 1921. For Osborne we turn to the 
left (road straight ahead leads to Swiss Cottage.) 

The State Rooms contain some good pictures and statuary, 
but are chiefly interesting for their associations. The Durbar 
Room, the Billiard Room, the Drawing 'and Dining-Rooms 
and the Corridor are shown, but a considerable part of the 
once royal residence is used as a convalescent home for Army, 
Navy, and Royal Air Force officers. Full details are given in 
the Guide to the Isle of Wight. 

Carisbrooke Castle (open daily from 9.30 to sunset) may be 
t cached by railway or road either from Cowes or Yarmouth, 
but intending railway travellers who wish to return by steamer 
the same day must take care to ascertain beforehand how 
the trains run. 

Ventnor. Those who approach Ventnor from the sea 
cannot fail to be charmed by the view of the little town built 
on the side of a steep hill. Behind the houses rises the green- 



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capped St. Boniface Down (787 feet), and, with the exception 
of one or two narrow, winding streets, the plan of building is 
in a succession of terraces, tier upon tier, like the rows of 
boxes in a theatre, with the sea as the stage. 

The main thoroughfare of Ventnor is a continuation of the 
high-road from R3^de, Sandown and Shanklin to Blackgang 
and Freshwater. Ventnor Park, \vith its tennis courts and 
bowhng green, can be reached by a path which mounts the 
cliff at the western end of the Esplanade. 

Bonchlirch, the " east end " of Ventnor, is one of the fairest 
places along the English coast. Distinguished residents have 
paid tribute, in perhaps too glowing words, to its beauty ; 
and Dr. Arnold's declaration that Bonchurch is " the most 
beautiful thing on the sea-coast on this side of Genoa," is 
outdone by the statement of Miss Sewell, the well-known 
writer of tales for children, that Heaven itself could scarcely 
be more beautiful. 

In the old graveyard of the Norman Church close by the 
sea are buried the Rev. William Adams, author of the exquisite 
allegories. The Distant Hills and The Shadow of the Cross ; and 
John Sterling, whose pathetic letters, dated from " Hillside^ 
Bonchurch," when he realized at the age of thirty-seven that 
his days were numbered, are included in Carlyle's monograph 
on his gifted countryman. In the graveyard of the new^ 
church lie the remains of Swinburne, the poet (d. 1909). 

Sandown and Shanklin. Each town is famous for its fine 
stretch of clean, firm sands. The chief attractions at Shank- 
lin are the sands and pier, the neighbouring Dovms, the Chine, 
the pretty Rylstone Gardens, and the romantic Landslip 
(now public property) within easy walking distance west- 
ward. It is a glorious walk of four miles over the Downs 
from Shanklin to Ventnor. 

(For full descriptions of all these places see the Guide ta 
the Isle of Wight in this series.) 

III. To Southsea and Portsmouth. 

To one or other of these towns there are almost dail^^ steam- 
boat trips from Bournemouth and Boscombe Piers, allowing; 
time on shore for a brief visit to some of the places of interest.. 
The visitor from Bournemouth, familiar with open spaces and 
sea views, will probably take less interest in the ever-popular 
Clarence Esplanade and Common than in the fortifications.- 



92 SOUTHSEA— SOUTHAMPTON 

^nd harbour of neighbouring Portsmouth, the modern battle- 
ships and other naval vessels, and the " Wooden Walls of Old 
England," of which the Victory is the historic type. Many- 
will doubtless care to wander from Clarence Pier along the 
Grand Parade, keeping to the left for Broad Street, which 
leads to the Point, where stands the Star and Garter Hotel, 
with its snug little private bar-parlour and the identical table 
at which Nelson delighted to smoke his " churchwarden *' 
in company with Howe and Keppel. Another distinguished 
visitor was Sir John Franklin, whose room still bears his 
honoured name. The host willingly shows interested visitors 
over this famous house. 

Dickens's Birthplace, 393, Commercial Road, now a museum, 
may be reached by the tram line to Cosham. It is visited 
by thousands. 

IV. To Southampton. 

The trips to this flourishing commercial seaport are scarcely 
less frequent than to Portsmouth and Southsea. There is 
hardly a more delightful excursion than from Bournemouth 
into the Solent and up the ever-charming Southampton 
Water, with its views on the right of the Royal Victoria 
Hospital and Netley Abbey, the latter a ruin of exceptional 
beauty. The Abbey may be reached in a few minutes by 
railway from Woolston Station, on the opposite side of the 
Jtchen from Southampton Docks. 

V. To Lulworth Cove. 

This curious inlet, which has been hollowed into circular 
shape by the action of the sea, is 1,380 feet across, and forms 
s. natural and almost landlocked harbour. Its basin-like 
formation is broken only on one side, where there is a narrow 
entrance from the sea. There is nothing along the whole 
English coast like this picturesque little retreat, and it is not 
surprising that the excursion by sea from Bournemouth is 
very popular. 

On high ground about half a mile from the inland village 
of East Lulworth stands Lulworth Castle, the seat of the 
Roman Catholic family of Weld, in whose possession it has 
been since the reign of James I. It is famous for the mag- 
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VI. To Weymouth. 

Weymouth faces east on the great curve formed by the 
coast of Dorset and Portland. 

Weymouth Bay is commonly likened to the Bay of Naples. 
It is without a rival on the south coast, by reason of its strik- 
ingly graceful formation : a fairly wide open curve on the 
north, narrowing to a sharper curve on the south. The town 
is built along this extended frontage, and for the most part 
faces east. There is comparatively little depth to the town,, 
as a tidal backwater about three miles long and nearly half 
a mile wide confines the western portion. At the sea end of 
the promontory kno^vn as the Nothe is a fort commanding 
the harbour entrance and Portland Roads, a great naval base.. 
The main feature of the towra is the Esplanade, extending in a 
stately curve, and overlooking one of the widest stretches of 
sand along the coast. 

Three miles south of Weymouth, reached by train to Port- 
land Station, is the remarkable ledge called the Chesil Beach,, 
a pebbly formation running parallel with the coast from Port- 
land to Abbotsbury, a distance of about ten miles. It is a 
breezy walk across Portland by way of the Prison, but hardly 
within the time limits of those who have travelled by steam- 
boat from Bournemouth. A httle railway makes many parts 
of the Island accessible. 

Other sea excursions are up Poole Harbour, to Brighton^ 
to Cherbourg, and to Torquay and Dartmouth. 

Earnest attempts are made by the Steamer Companies 
to plan excursions to meet every possible requirements 
Some allow almost the whole day to be spent on the sea,, 
while others provide for landing and the spending of an hcur- 
or two at some place of interest. There are excursions for 
the morning and excursions for the afternoon ; and it is 
possible in summer to have tea in Bournemouth, visit 
the Isle of Wight, spend an hour on shore, and be home before 
darkness sets in. Certainly among the attractions of the- 
place the steamboats are hardly second even to the piner 
avenues or the gardens. 



EXCURSIONS BY ROAD FROM BOURNEMOUTH 

FEW seaside resorts can compare with Bournemouth in the 
number, variety and attractiveness of inland beauty- 
spots to be reached by regular and well-managed motor 
services. Norman churches of cathedral-like proportions ; 
ruined castles, the history of which dates back to Norman and 
even to Saxon times ; forest scenes, the associations of which 
xire linked with many an important event in the national 
story ; old-world villages, with surroundings of quiet wood- 
lands or rich pastoral scenery ; and peaceful valleys along 
which two lovely rivers wind, to mingle at length their waters 
in Christchurch Bay — all may be pleasantly reached by road 
from Bournemouth. 

The usual times for starting are 10.30 or 10.45 and 2.45. 
Por precise times and fares, which are liable to alteration, 
v/e must refer visitors to the printed announcements issued 
by the various proprietors. From their programmes we give 
a selection sufficient to show how varied and extensive is the 
choice. Most of the vehicles start from the Square. 

In addition to the more luxurious char-a-bancs there are 
available motor -bus services to Bland ford, Salisbury, South- 
hampton, etc. 

I. To Wimborne Minster. 

The route is by way of Talbot Village and on to the model 
village of Canford Magna, nine miles from Bournemouth. 
On the right, near the entrance to the village, is Canford 
Manor, the seat of Lord Wimborne, a modern building with 
the exception of the kitchen, which is part of the Ursuline 
Convent which once occupied the site. Readers of Thomas 
Hardy's Group of Nohle Dames will remember Cheyne Manor. 
The most interesting feature of the house is the gallery, 
known as the Nineveh Court, built for the reception of the 
Assyrian sculptures collected at Nineveh by Sir Henry 
Layard. The Manor House was for a short time the resi- 
dence of Queen Adelaide ; and it has frequently been visited 
in later years by members of the royal family. 

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Canford Magna 
should be visited by every landlord, for it is a model of 
what a village should be. The cottages, which are nearly 
all in pairs or short terraces, would, if situated in the out- 
skirts of a large town, be described by enterprising house 
agents as " eminently desirable villa residences." The more 
modern, embowered by luxuriant foliage, are extremely 
picturesque. There is no public-house in the village, but it 
possesses one of the most tempting coffee-houses in the king- 
dom. The rustic wooden porches of this house and its 
neighbours are, it will be observed, decorated with pine cones. 
The large house nearly opposite is that of the Agent. Just 
outside the gates of Canford Manor, and within a few yards 
of the coach road, is the Church, a building of the Norman 
and Transition period, in the graveyard of which is a granite 
tomb sacred to the memory of — 

"The Right Hon. Sir Henry Austen Layard, G.C.B., the Dis- 
coverer of Nineveh, sometime a Member of Parliament, and H.M. 
Ambassador at Constantinople. Bom at Paris, March 5, 181 7, 
and died in London, July 5, 1894." 

A mile beyond Canford Manor Village is Wlmborne, de- 
scribed on pp. 152-8. The motors have perforce to follow 
the main road, but pedestrians are allowed to use the much 
more attractive drive through the park, emerging at the lodge 
close to Wimborne bridge and the railway station. The motor 
arrangements allow full time for an inspection of the Minster. 

The return is made by Broadstone and Upper Parkstone. 

II. To Branksome Chine and Canford Cliffs. 
A circular tour of nearly ten miles, through the picturesque 
roads of Branksome Park and Canford Clifis. Time is 
allowed for a walk through the Chine {see p. 80). 

III. To the Stour Valley. 

Circular tour of about ten miles. The route taken is via 
Charminster Road and Queen's Park to Holdenhurst Village ; 
then to the Stour Ford, Throop, returning by way of Redhill, 
Moordown, Winton and Meyrick Park. 

IV. To Poole Harbour, Sandbanks and the Haven. 

The route is via the West Chff Drive, passing the Durley, 
Middle, and Alum Chines, through the Branksome Woods, 



96 THE RHODODENDRON PLANTATION 

past Shell Bay and round Poole Harbour to the Haven Hotel, 
on the Sandbanks Peninsula. The return is via Canford 
Cliffs, Branksome Chine, the Rhododendron Avenue and 
Branksome Park. 

V. To Ringwood. 

The outward journey is to the Rhododendron Plantation, 
as in VI. Then follows a good drive along the banks of 
the River Avon, through the pretty villages of Heme, Sopley 
and Bisterne into Ringw^ood, where time is allowed to view 
the ancient church. The return journey is by way of St. 
Ives, Ferndown, Longham and Kinson. 

VI, To the Rhododendron Plantation. 

The best month for this drive is June, when the flowers 
are in full bloom. The outward journey is via East Cliff 
Drive, King's Park, over Iford Bridge, up the Oak Avenue, 
and to the left past the picturesque Blackwater Ferry to 
Ramsdown Hill. The return is made via Littledown, Queen's 
Park and Richmond Park. 

The Rhododendron Plantation, the property of the Earl of 
Malmesbury, is generally open to the public from about the 
middle of May to the third week in June at a small charge, 
the proceeds being given to Bournemouth hospitals. At this 
period the flowers are in full bloom and even the glimpse 
that can be had from the high-road will enable the visitor to 
understand the beauty and interest of one of the finest sights 
that even lovely Hampshire can afford. 

VII. To Lymington. 

The route is through Christ church and Mudeford, past 
Highcliffe Castle, and on to Chewton Glen. 

Lymington, about eighteen miles from Bournemouth, was 
of more note formerly than now. In the reign of Edward III 
it contributed twice as many ships for the invasion of France 
as were supplied by Portsmouth. In the Church of St. 
Thomas a Becket is some fourteenth-century work. Quite 
close to the town is the immense British Camp known as 
Buckland Rings. 

From Lymington a steamboat runs several times daily 
to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. The much-discussed, but long 
deferred, Solent tunnel is designed to cross to the Island 
from the vicinity of Lymington. 



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VIII. To Milford-on-Sea. 

About three miles south-west of Lymington, on the shore 
of Christchurch Bay, is the pleasant little watering-place 
of Milford-on-Sea. The air is fresh and bracing, the rainfall 
small, and the beach, miles in extent, affords excellent 
bathing. Milford village, slightly inland, takes its name from 
the ford in a small stream and an adjacent mill, which stood 
there in Norman times as it stands to this day. The ford, 
however, has been replaced by a bridge. The church is 
chiefly Norman. From the village the ground rises to the 
top of the Milford, Hordle and Barton cliffs, which at their 
loftiest point attain a height of i8o feet. The view from 
this high ground is very grand. Seaward it embraces an 
unbroken expanse of the channel, in which vessels are al- 
ways to be seen entering or leaving the Solent. 

Jutting out from the coast for about a couple of miles 
is a narrow strip of land called the Shingles. At the ex- 
tremity stands Hurst Castle, which commands the entrance 
to Southampton Water. It was built by Henry VIII and 
for a short time Charles I was held prisoner in it. 

Milford-on-Sea is 3I miles from Milton Station, on the 
Bournemouth direct line, and 4|- miles from Lymington 
Station, with which it is connected by a motor-bus service. 

In the hunting season, hounds meet in the neighbourhood 
of Milford almost daily. 

IX. To Corfe Castle. 

Route : via Upper Parkstone, Upton, the Tichbome 
Estate, the pretty village of Lytchett, and Wareham, with 
its ancient earthworks, which protected the old town on 
three sides, the defence of the fourth being the River Frome. 
Strange as it may seem to-day, Wareham was once a busy 
port. It contains the Saxon Church of St. Martin and the 
equally interesting Church of St. Mary. The tower and 
chancel of the latter are very ancient. It was to this church 
that the body of King Edward was brought after he had 
been done to death by his treacherous stepmother at Corfe 
Castle. For description of Corfe Castle, see pp. 88-9 ; for a 
note on Wool, near Wareham, see p. loi. 

X. To Blandford. 
Blandford, or Blandford Forum, to give its full title, is a 
small market town picturesquely situated on the Stour. It 
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is the " Shotsford " of The Hand of Ethelberta and other novels 
by Thomas Hardy. The route thither is via Newtown, Corfe 
Mullen, Sturniinster, and Charlton Marshall, and affords a 
view of Bryanstone Manor, the residence of Lord Portman. 
The return is by Charborough Park, the Tichborne Estate, \ 
and Poole Park. 

XI. To the New Forest. i 

The route taken in this, the most popular of all the trips 
from Bournemouth, is through Boscombe, across the Stour, 
and on to Christchurch ; thence to Hinton Admiral, where 
it is the usual practice to stop at the ancient hostelry of 
the Cat and Fiddle, whose portals thirsty travellers during 
six centuries have entered to be refreshed. The drive is 
continued through Sir George Meyrick's estate to New Forest 
Lodge, on the border of the Forest, and by Wilverley Post, 
where there is a charming view of Boldrewood. For several 
miles the forest scenery is at its best, past Annesley Bank, 
long the residence of the late Miss Braddon, into Lyndhurst 
(20 miles from Bournemouth). Here a halt is made for 
luncheon, time being given for a visit to the Church [see 
pp. 144-6). 

On restarting from Lyndhurst, the drive is continued to 
Rufus's Stone, a gUmpse being obtained of Castle Mai wood 
Lodge, long the home of Sir William Vernon Harcourt, and 
a fine view afforded of Southampton Water from Stoney 
Cross. From Rufus's Stone the route lies through Bratley 
Wood into Ring wood, and the home journey is for nine miles 
along the banks of the Avon through Bisterne and Sopley. 
For a fuller description of the New Forest, see pp. 1 36-1 51. 

XII. To Southampton, Winchester and Romsey. 

This is a motor ride through the most beautiful parts of 
the New Forest. Lunch is taken at Winchester [see pp. 159- 
170), and tea at Lyndhurst (pp. 144-6). 

XIII. To Salisbury. 
Ringwood is visited in the course of this excursion and fine 
views of the New Forest are obtained. Salisbury is treated 
at length on pp. 127-132. 

Trips of greater length carry the Bournemouth visitor 
to such distant spots as Stonehenge, Eath, and Cheddar. 



MOTOR AND CYCLE ROUTES. 

THE following outline of the most popular road routes 
from Bournemouth is intended for the private 
motorist and the cycHst. The various places are described 
in detail elsewhere. Several of the public motor excursions 
are indicated in the preceding chapter. 

I. To Christchurch. 

From the Square proceed along Old Christchurch Road, 
through Boscombe and Pokesdown to Iford Bridge, beyond 
which turn to right into Christchurch (5^ m.). 

II. To Lymington. 

To Christchurch as in No. i . Turn to left near end of High 
Street, over river, and on through Purewell and Newtown 
(9 m.). Just beyond is a short descent to a bridge, on the 
other side of which is an ascent followed by a level surface 
to Milton. Then on through Ashley to Do.wnton (i2|- m.), 
approached by a short, steep ascent, Everton and Pennington 
Cross to Lymington (17 m.). 

in. To Beaulieu Abbey. 

To Lymington as in No. II. Cross Lymington Bridge (toll 
^d. including cycle) and climb the short, steep ascent of 
Walhampton Hill ; then there is a long run dowTi to Crockf ord 
Bridge, from w^hich is an easy undulating road across Beaulieu 
Heath and past Hatchet Pond to the Abbey ruins (2 3 J m.) 

IV. To Lyndhurst. 

By way of Christchurch and Purewell as in No. II. ; then 
by an easy road ; keep to left at fork one and a half miles 
beyond Purewell, and the way is direct to Lyndhurst (19 m.). 

V. To Southampton. 

To Lyndhurst as in No. IV. In main street keep straight 
on, past the Crown Hotel, to Lyndhurst Road Station and 

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Totton, and at end of village turn left over railway crossing. 
At Red Lion Inn bear to the right, cross river, and the road 
is direct to the outskirts of Southampton. Follow tram-lines 
to right along Above Bar Street to centre of town (30 m.). 
The return journey might be made by way of Hythe, 
Beaulieu and Lymington. This would add about five miles 
to the distance. 



VI. To Portsmouth. 

To Southampton as in No. V. From Bar Gate to left along 
East Street for Itch en Ferry, mount the hill and at the foot 
of the opposite descent turn to left beneath railway, and keep 
to main road. Then half a mile beyond railway turn to right 
for Titchfield (8^ m. from Southampton). At bottom of hill 
in Titchfield bear right, and then to left towards Stubbington. 
Keep to left over Green and again left at Church. The 
turnings are still rather frequent, but direction-posts will 
assist the rider to Gosport and on to Portsmouth. (Bourne- 
mouth to Portsmouth, 46J m.) 

VII. To Romsey. 

To Lyndhurst as in No. IV. At Lyndhurst turn right, and 
beyond Church turn left, thence by straight road to Cadnam, 
The road is now direct to Ower, at end of which a turning 
on the right leads to Romsey {31 J m.). 

VIII. To Winchester. 

To Romsey (31 J m.) as in No. VII. Take main road to 
right in Market Place, and it is a direct run into Winchester 
(42 m.). 

IX. To Ringwood. 

To Christchurch as in No. I. Cross bridges over Stour 
and Avon, to left at Priory end of High Street, and take first 
turning to left for Sopley. If the roads happen to be in a 
bad condition it will be best to take, not the first, but the 
second turning along main road, through Staplecross to 
Sopley. Beyond the Avon at Sopley turn first to left and 
then to right for Ringwood (14! m.). 




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X. To Salisbury. 

To Ringwood as in No. IX (14 J m.). At Church turn to 
right along road leading to Fordingbridge. There turn to 
left, and having crossed river bear to right, after which go 
straight forv/ard through Downton Wick (26 J m.), Charlton 
and Britford to Salisbury (31 J m.). The surface is excellent 
and the road level, with the exception of the ascent and 
descent at Britford. 

XL To Poole and Wareham. 

Leave -Bournemouth by Commercial Road, and when two 
miles out bear to left toPoole (4|-m.). At end of High Street 
bear to left of Quay, and then to right. Cross Ham- 
worthy Bridge (toll J^., including cycle). The road is easy 
and surface good to Lytchett Gate, where turn to left. Bear 
to right beyond Lytchett Minster (gj m. ), and to left by 
Inn at end of village. By railway station turn left into 
Wareham (14 m.). 

Alternative. — A mile before reaching Poole turn to right 
and proceed by way of Upton Park into Lytchett. 

Five miles from Wareham is the little village of Wool, 
close to which are the remains of Bindon Abbey {Public 
admission on Thursdays] small fee). Wool is notable as the 
scene of dramatic events in Tess of the D' Urbervilles. Wool 
Manor-House, near the Elizabethan bridge, is the " Well- 
bridge " of the story and the scene of Tess's honeymoon. 
To the south-east is Bindon Abbey Mill, in which Angel Clare 
had his milling experiences. In the Abbey grounds is the 
stone cofhn in which Tess was placed. 

The route from Wareham is through East Stoke (17 m.), 
and onwards to a point slightly on the side of the hill above 
Wool. There it turns to the left and runs down over the 
bridge and across the railway Hne into the village (19 miles 
from Bournemouth). 

XIL To Corfe Castle and Swanage. 

To Wareham (14 m.) as in No. XL Leave Wareham by 
South Street, and make for Stoborough, beyond which 
keep to left for Norden and on to the Corfe Castle ruins 
(184 m.). For Swanage* bear to left at top of hill. This is 
followed by another ascent, after which are two miles of level 
road, and a little beyond is a further rise leading to a short, 
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102 MOTOR AND CYCLE ROUTES 

railway "and then to the right through Herston along the 
level tract to Swanage (24 m.). 

XIII. To Weymouth. 

To Wareham (14 m.) as in No. XI. At Town Hall keep 
along High Street to right. Two miles past East Stoke {17 
m.) Avheel sharply to left over Wool Bridge, and beyond level 
crossing turn right for Winfrith. Bear to left at Warmwell 
Cross {26 m.), and proceed up the steep, winding ascent of 
Osmington to Preston, where keep to the left for Weymouth 
Bay, and along it to the right for Weymouth (32 m.). 

XIV. To Lulworth Cove. 

To Wareham (14 m.) as in No. XI. From West Street 
follow the main Dorchester Road, and after two miles turn 
to left at direction post, cross railway and river, and make 
for West Holme and on to East Lulworth (i6| m.). Not 
quite two miles farther turn to left and beyond the gates 
the descent, which in places requires great care, leads to 
West Lulworth, from which Lulworth Cove is half a mile 
distant (22J m.). 

XV. To Wimborne. 

Up the steep ascent of Richmond Hill, and turn to left at 
Cemetery. There is a sharp rise to Winton [2^ m.), and two 
more beyond, followed by a long descent through Moordown 
to Riddlesford and Ensbury (4 m.). From thence it is easy 
riding through Bear Cross and Canford Magna to W^imborne 
(10 m.). 

The return journey might be made by way of Pcole. 

XVI. To Shaftesbury. 

Shaftesbury can be made the objective of a very fine run 
of about 70 miles out and home. To Hamworthy Bridge, 
as in No. XI. Turn to right and follow the road to 
Blandford. Bear left in village and in about 3 miles right 
for Stcurpaine, whence the road is winding but unmistak- 
able through Compton Abbas to Shaftesbury. The return 
might be made by way of Tollard Royal and Farnham, 
through Horton to Ringwood. Thence vid Christchurch as 
in No. IX. 



POOLE AND PARKSTONE. 

THERE is a frequent train service to Poole, but the most 
pleasant way in fine weather is " outside " a motor-bus 
or an electric tram via Constitution Hill, from the summit of 
which there is a delightful view of Poole Harbour, wdth the 
Purbeck Hills behind. Critics of note have ranked this 
among the finest landscapes in the world. 

*^The Lake of Dorset/' 

as the almost land-locked Poole Harbour has been called, 
is seven miles long by four and a half broad, with a circuit, if 
followed closely, of more than a hundred miles, so exceedingly 
irregular is the inlet. It has double the ordinary number of 
tides, for the water after flowing fc^ six hours ebbs for one' 
and a half hours, then flows for the same length of time and 
again ebbs for three hours. The harbour offers a most 
pleasant sailing expanse, and hours may happily be spent 
in skimming over the usually calm surface in company with 
one of the miany skilled boatmen of Parkstone or Poole. 

The surroundings of this island-dotted water are full of 
interest. Here is Ower, with its interesting seagull pond ; 
and there is Wyche, once the flourishing port of Corfe Castle, 
and now, with its two houses, not uncomfortably over- 
populated. In this direction is Arne, a picturesque village 
with a tiny church, and not a single inn or shop ; and in 
that is Russel Quay, with its large heronry. If the visitor 
should tire of these secluded haunts, a word to the boatman 
will induce him to turn the boat towards the civilization of 
Wareham or to the delightful village of Studland. 

Within the Harbour and near the entrance is- — 

Branksea Island, 

sometimes called Brownsea. It is about one and a half miles, 
long by three-quarters broad, and has a circumference of 
over four^miles. Its sides are covered with fir groves, while 

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the interior is broken up into miniature glens and hills, where 
heath and wild flowers grow in profusion. It was once 
attached to the Abbey of Cerne in Dorset, and was the site 
of a hermit's cell. 

Branksea Castle, built in the reign of Henry VIII and 
strengthened in Charles I*s time, was an important defence 
to Poole, for, being at the mouth of the Harbour, it com- 
manded all shipping passing in and out. That such control 
proved at times unpleasant to the shipping trade of Poole 
is proved by a complaint dated 1581, which placed on record 
that " The Goovner of Bronkseye doth moleste the inhabitants 
of the towne, and will not suffer them to passe any persons 
from Northaven Point, butt doth threaten them to shoote at 
them, and violently doth take ther monye from them, which 
is not only a great hindrance to poor men that were woonte 
to gayne that wayse, but also an infrynginge of our liberties, 
wherefore wee think yt verye necessarye to be remedyd." 
Nothing seems to have resulted from this protest, for we find 
that subsequently the high-handed " Goovner *' added deeds 
to his threats and shot at the Bountiful Gift, killing Walter 
Meryatt, its owner and captain. 

During the Civil War the Castle was held by a Parliament 
garrison, but since then it has been used simply as a dwelling- 
house, with additions made to it from time to time. Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Waugh, who came into possession of Branksea 
Island in 1848, spent large sums in trying to develop its 
resources, in building cottages and a beautiful little church, 
and in transforming the rather baxe-looking Castle into a 
palatial mansion. This was burned down in 1897, but has 
been rebuilt. 

Permission to land (by launch from Poole quay at 2.30, 
returning 6.30) can sometimes be obtained by writing to 
the steward of the estate, which is now the property of Mrs. 
Van Raalte. 

Among other pleasantly situated islands in Poole Harbour 
may be mentioned Round Island, Long Island, Green Island, 
and Furzey Island. There is a dwelling on both of the 
last two. Near to Poole Bridge, in the backwater by Upton 
House, is Pergins, an angling spot held in high favour by 
Sir Roger Tichbome — the real Sir Roger — the house being 
the family seat. 

Shutting in Poole Harbour on the eastern side is the long 
promontory called the Sandbanks. At its extremity is the 



POOLE 105 

growing village of South Haven, largely consisting of bunga- 
lows and other small residences for summer use. There is 
a very good bathing beach, which is much frequented. 

A motor omnibus runs at fixed times between the County Gates 
in Bournemouth and the Haven Hotel ; motor-boats ply between 
Sandbanks and Poole Quay daily, Sunday included ; and every 
few minutes there is a motor ferry between Sandbanks and Shell 
Bay, famed for its sea shells. 

POOLE. 

The old-world town of Poole, five miles west of Bourne- 
mouth, like time-honoured Christchurch eastward, forms an 
interesting contrast with the life and gaiety of " The Garden 
City by the Southern Sea ' '■ — a contrast that, to many people, 
makes a few hours spent either at Poole or Christchurch a 
restful relief. True, there is little to see at Poole beyond the 
park and the majestic sweep of the harbour, with the encircling 
views beyond, but there is a historical halo about the town 
which redeems it from the commonplace. In the tenth 
century it was chosen as a landing-place by the piratical 
Norsemen ; and into its harbour, in 1015, sailed Canute with 
his fleet, pushing on to Wareham, near the western end of the 
haven. Henry III made it a depot for provisioning the fleet ; 
and so flourishing was it in the fourteenth century that it 
supplied four ships for the siege of Calais. Its most pros- 
perous times were in the early years of Elizabeth's reign, when 
the Poole merchants had considerable trade with Spain. 
Gharles II ordered the walls and fortifications to be razed to 
the ground, as a punishment for the stout support the town 
had given to the Parliament against his father, but in a by- 
lane off the Quay there still stands a postern gate dating from 
the reign of Richard III. 

During the eighteenth century and the early years of the 
nineteenth, Poole was the stronghold of some of the most 
daring smugglers in the south of England, the creeks of the 
harbour and the various chines in the vicinity being admirably 
adapted for their trade. 

From time to time efforts have been made to establish a 
naval base at Poole, and during the War the harbour saw 
much activity as a depot for various craft belonging to the 
*' fringes of the Fleet.*' Later, from " Auxihary Shipyard 
Extension, No. 62,*' a number of concrete vessels were suc- 
cessfully launched. 



106 PABKSTONE 

The Guildhall dates from about 1750. Other ancient build- 
ings are the Town Cellars, dating from 1406 and situated near 
the Custom House ; Almshouses in Church Street, dating 
from 1429 ; and St. Clement's Postern, the only reHc of the 
old town wall. It stands in the yard of St. Clements' Inn, 
near the quay. The most interesting feature of Poole — 
always excepting the Harbour — is the old-world Quay, from 
which motor-boats go daily to Wareham, and the most 
pleasant of its belongings is Foole Park, a large, picturesque 
tract, ^vith a cricket ground, cycle track and salt-water lake. 
It is at the junction of the old borough with Parkstone. 
There are two churches, St. James's and St. Paul's, the former 
with an exquisitely carved mahogany reredos. The Free 
Library was a Jubilee gift to the town. 

Hamworthy (reached by bridge or ferry), a picturesque 
waterside hamlet, was at one time the nearest westward 
point to Bournemouth on the L. Sc S.W. Rly. It is a 
yachtsman's haven for repairs, and a happy hunting-ground 
of artists. 

Parkstone, 

a growing health resort between Poole and Bournemouth, is 
so surrounded by hills and trees that it has been called '* the 
English Mentone." Within the parish limits are the Brank- 
some Park estate, Canford Cliffs, and other properties rapidly 
being developed. Upper Parkstone, with its bracing situa- 
tion and fine views over sea and land, bids fair to win favour. 

There are many pleasant walks in the neighbourhood, and 
the ride by tram-car to Bournemouth is very popular. There 
is a loop line between Parkstone and Branksome, as well as 
the main route. 

Among the buildings, the most interesting is St. Peter's 
Church. Some enthusiasts declare that when finished it will 
be a modern rival in grace and style to the structures at 
Christchurch and Wimborne. Seven Florentine lamps, pre- 
sented by the late Right Hon. G. A. F. Cavendish-Bentinck,. 
are hung from the chancel roof, and at the top of the sanc- 
tuary steps stand two very large Venetian candlesticks. A 
later acquisition is a fine stone pulpit. 

In 1 91 8 the late Sir Merton Russell-Cotes placed his Park- 
stone estate at the disposal of the Barnardo Homes for the 
development of a Nautical School, and on May 8, 191 9, the 
foundation-stone of the new buildings was laidby H.R.H. the 



PARKSTONE 10 T 

Duke of York. In addition to five houses, each accommodating 
sixty boys, there are a gymnasium, sanatorium, swimming 
bath, chapel and workshops. The scheme is akin to that 
of the Watts Naval Training School, in Norfolk ; Parkstone,. 
however, training young sailors for the Mercantile Marine. 

The Parkstone and Canford Golf Course {i8 holes) is of 
a highly sporting character by reason of its natural undula 
tions. It commands wonderful views. 

Green fees : Day, 3s. ; after 12 noon, 2s. ; week, 155. ^ 
month, {2. ; Sundays and holidays, ^s. 



^ 



THE AVON VALLEY. 



THE Salisbury Avon, as it is called to distinguish it among 
the goodly company of rivers of the same name, has 
its source in the Wiltshire Downs, flows through Salisbury, 
■almost reflecting in its waters the tapering Cathedral spire, 
iorms the western boundary of the New Forest, and, after 
winding through country enchanting in its quiet loveliness, 
■enters the English Channel at Christchurch Bay by the same 
mouth as the Stour. 

'* According to the folklore of Hampshire," says Shore, in 
3iis History of Hampshire, " this was the river into which the 
fair Gwendoline fell while walking with her not very dis- 
tinguished lover, and from the bank of which, as she sank 
beneath the water, she gathered a tiny blue flower and threw 
it to him, saying, * Forget-me-not.' '* 

There is so much of interest in the scenery and associations 
of the Avon Valley that those fond of walking will find a 
day well spent in exploring the river from Christchurch to 
Ringwood. The less actively inclined can take advantage of 
Ihe motor-bus service which runs from Bournemouth to 
Christchurch and thence up the Avon Valley to Ringwood 
and Salisbury. Or they can travel via Christchurch to 
Heme Station — spelt Hurn in the railway timetables — 
and visit Tyrrell's Ford and Sopley village, situated respec- 
tively a little less than two miles N.E. and S.E. of the 
station, going east first to cross the river, then north or south. 

For those who wish to journey to Ringwood easily and 
directly the char-a-banc service is convenient, while there is 
a fairly frequent train service from Bournemouth and Christ- 
church. But only the pedestrian can fully realize the charm 
of this tranquil river valley. 

Starting from Christchurch, take the turning along Bridge 
Street and Castle Street. At less than a mile from the Priory 
Church a road on the left leads to Staple Cross, so called from 
the old stone cross still standing. 

About half a mile distant, reached by the left of three 
roads, is Burton, where Coleridge resided in 1816, and at the 
TIall of which Southey stayed in 1791, describing the place 

108 





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COTTAGE AT SWAN GREEN, NEAR LYNDHURST. 




F. G. 0. Stuart,'] 



[Southampton, 



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SOPLEY 10» 

as being near ** a congregation of rivers, the clearest one ever 
saw.'* In the Fifth of his " Inscriptions," Southey makes 
the view of the Avon from the neighbouring St. Catherine's 
Hill (i6o feet high) the subject of a poetical moralizing on 
fleeting life : — 

" Look, how bright its pebbled bed 
Gleams through the ruffled current ; and that bank 
With flag leaves bordered, as with two-edged swords I 
See where the water wrinkles round the stem 
Of yonder water-lily, whose broad leaf 
Lies on the wave. ... 

Soon, traveller, does the river reach the end 
Of all its windings ; from the near ascent 
Thou wilt behold the ocean, where it pours 
Its waters and is lost. Remember, thou 
Traveller, that even so thy restless years 
Flow to the ocean of eternity." 

On the hill are the remains of a large Roman camp. (See- 
also p. ii6.) 

Three and a half miles north of Christchurch is the pictur-^ 
esque river-side village of — 

Sopley, 

with its interesting Church built upon a mound. Rhys, in 
his Origin and Growth of Religion, says : " The Kelts of the- 
British Isles had sacred mounds which were known as the 
gods' mounds " ; and Shore, a local historian, believes that 
the Hampshire mounds are of Keltic origin. " A number of: 
ancient churches in Hampshire," he^^^rites, " are built upon 
artificial mounds. . . . Higher up the Avon a mound may 
be seen on which the church of Sopley stands. The Saxons 
appear to have utilized sacred Keltic mounds for Christian 
purposes. It is, of course, possible that these mounds were 
first adapted to Christian uses by the early British Chris- 
tians." 

Sopley Church is a cruciform structure \vith a low tower at 
the west end, and not, as is usual, at the intersection of the 
arches. The building, enlarged from a Norman capella^ 
dates from the thirteenth century, although some parts. 
belong to a later period. The pillars and arches of the nave 
belong to the fourteenth century, as does also the chancel 
arch, which had a rood-loft entrance, while the east window 
and transept arches are Perpendicular. Some parts of art. 
ancient rood-screen are contained in the prayer-desk. Sup- 
porting the arch leading from the north aisle are two corbels- 



a 10 TYRRELL'S FORD 

with heads, supposed to represent Edward III (or Edward II) 
^and his queen. It is almost a sHght upon the antiquity 
of this beautiful church to mention that the pulpit is Jaco- 
bean, dating only from the early years of the seventeenth 
century. The south chancel door is very rough and ancient. 
An excellent hagioscope connects the south transept with the 
chancel. In the latter are two seats and desks with seven- 
teenth-century linen pattern panels. The screened vestry 
"has the same work. 

The Rev. J. F. Vallings, vicar of Sopley, and a novelist 
•of more than local fame, has made the district the scene of 
his story. The Severing Sword. 

Less than two miles north of Sopley, in the scattered 
"village of Avon, is — 

Tyrrell's Ford, 

the spot, according to local tradition, at which Sir Walter 
Tyrrell crossed the Avon in his flight from the New Forest 
•after the death of William Rufus. Concerning this event 
many stories have been told. Tyrrell declared that the arrow 
Avas shot by an unknown hand, and that he had run away 
irom fear that he would be accused of the murder — which 
he certainly was ! Others said that Tyrrell shot at a stag 
and the arrow glanced aside from an oak, a statement that no 
one can credit who has ever seen the flight of an arrow. But 
nobody knows the facts with certainty ; and in those days 
people were too glad to be rid of Rufus to trouble about the 
manner of his death. Tradition has it that Tyrrell, like 
Llewellyn of Wales at a later period, caused his horse to be 
Te-shod at the smithy with the shoes the wrong way about, 
in order to lead pursuers astray. Strong circumstantial 
evidence supports the local tradition concerning the ford, 
for we read in Shore's History that " Avon Tyrrell where 
Walter Tyrrell is said to have crossed the River Avon, was 
■a manor held by the Tyrrell family in the fourteenth cen- 
tury." The manor is now held by Lady Manners, whose 
modern Elizabethan residence on the hill overlooking the 
estate has been named Avon Tyrrell. A few ruins mark 
the site of the traditional smithy, but a quarter of a mile 
away is another smithy which drivers of the public convey- 
ances point out as that at which the historical shoeing took 
place. 

Two miles north of Avon is Bisterne Park, A glimpse of 



BISTERNE PAKK— RINGWOOD 111 

the house may be had from the road to Ringwood. In con- 
nection with Bisterne there is a curious example of the simple 
faith of olden days, when the modem sea-serpent had its 
counterpart in the dragon. The neighbourhood was infested 
by a dreadful dragon, against which a doughty knight, named 
Berkeley, sallied forth armed only wdth his sword and a jug 
of milk. In what is still called the Dragon Field, the knight 
waited in a glass case for the dragon, after ha\'ing placed the 
milk temptingly in cans on the ground outside. The creature 
was killed in the act of lapping. Stranger still is it to know 
that the dragon figures on the Bisterne arms, and that there 
is in existence a deed of Edward IV, which " conferred knight- 
hood upon, and granted permission to. Sir Macdonie de 
Berkeley to wear the dragon on his badge, for having killed a 
dragon at Bisterne, in the county of Southampton." 

Two and a half miles beyond Bisterne Park is the ancient 
little town of — 

Ringwood, 

prettily situated on the east bank of the Avon. Close to the 
bridge is a row of thatched cottages, near which stands Mon- 
mouth's House, so called because it is said to have been the 
temporary residence of the Duke of Monmouth in the course of 
his ill-fated expedition. The close connection of Ringwood 
and its neighbourhood wdth the fall of the royal rebel makes 
the following passage from Macaulay's History, vdth. its de- 
scriptive local touches, of peculiar interest in these pages : — 

" He (IMonmouth) determined to push for Hampshire, in 
the hope that he might lurk in the cabins of deer-stealers 
among the oaks of the New Forest, till means of convey- 
ance to the Continent could be procured. Nor was this so 
difficult as it may now appear. For men then living could 
remember the time when the wild deer ranged freely through 
a succession of forests from the banks of the Avon in V/iltshire 
to the southern coast of Hampshire. . . . Monmouth and his 
friends procured rustic attire, disguised themselves and pro- 
ceeded on foot towards the New Forest. They passed the 
night in the open air, but before morning they were surrounded 
on every side by toils. It was an extensive tract of land, 
separated by an enclosure from the open country, and divided 
by numerous hedges into small fields. In some of the fields 
the rye, the pease and the oats were high enough to conceal 
a man. The outer fence was strictly guarded, the space 
within was examined ^vith indefatigable diligence, and several 



112 RINGWOOD 

dogs of quick scent were turned out among the bushes. 
Several times the fugitives ventured to look through the outer 
hedge, but everywhere they found a sentinel on the alert. 
" At sunrise the next morning the search recommenced. 
The corn and copsewood were now beaten with more care 
than ever. At length a gaunt figure was discovered hidden 
in a ditch. The pursuers sprang on their prey. The pris- 
oner's dress was that of a shepherd ; his beard, prematurely 
grey, was of several days' growth. He trembled greatly and 
was unable to speak. Even those who had often seen him 
were at first in doubt whether this was truly the brilliant and 
graceful Monmouth. . . . The prisoner was conveyed under 
a* strong guard to Ringwood." 

The place of capture, known as Shag's Heath, is situated 
two miles from Horton, between Ringwood and Wimborne. 
The spot is now marked by a carefully guarded aspen tree. 
In Ringwood, at the White Hart Inn, Monmouth wrote to his 
uncle, James II, the memorable appeal for mercy which 
Macaulay justly describes as '' the letter of a man whom 
craven fear had made insensible to shame." 

Death on the block awaited him on his arrival in London, 
and he lies in St. Peter's Chapel, within the precincts of the 
Tower of London, almost side by side with the venerable 
Countess of Salisbury — most proud and fearless of women — 
w^hose empty chantry is so pathetic a feature in the stately 
Priory of Christchurch (see p. 123). Unlike Monmouth, she 
faced the block with the dignity and courage of her royal 
race. 

'the prettiest view of Ringwood is obtained from the bridge, 
the most prominent object being the square tower of the 
Church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, and rebuilt in 1854 
in the Early English style. Many features of the older struc- 
ture have been retained in the present building. Close to the 
church is a mill on the site of one mentioned in Domesday 
Book. 

The immediate vicinity of Ringwood furnished Sir David 
Murray, R.A., with subjects for some of his most famous 
pictures, including A Hampshire Haying and The River Road, 

There is some good angling in the Avon in and near Ring- 
wood, the river containing both salmon and coarse fish. 
Tickets at the rate of 75. 6d. a day (^s. to the hotel guests) 
can be obtained at the White Hart, while the Crown Hotel 
confers the freedom of the mill stream at 2s. 6d. a day (see 
also p. 27). 




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ELLINGHAM 113 

Two miles north of Ringwood is the old church of — 

Ellingham, 

thought to be part of an ancient monastic house. The altar- 
piece includes an old Spanish picture representing, in too 
fantastic a manner for modern taste, the Day of Judgment. 
It was rescued from the plunder of a church at Port St. Mary, 
in the Bay of Cadiz, by Brigadier- General Windsor, when 
the town was sacked by the English in 1702. 

But the chief interest in Ellingham centres in its associa- 
tion with Dame Alice Lisle, who died the death of a traitress 
in 1685, and now figures in honourable State recognition 
among the frescoes in the Houses of Parliament. The carved 
family pew of the Lisles is religiously preserved in the church ; 
and in the churchyard, near the south door, is a tomb with 
the following inscription :■ — 

" Here lyeth Dame Alicia Lisle, and her daughter, Ann Hartell, 
who dyed the 17th Feb., i7of . Alicia dyed the 2nd of Sept. 1685." 

Moyles Court, rather more than a mile from Ellingham, is 
the ancient m.anor-house that was the ancestral home of 
the Lisle family. Dame Alice was the widow of John Lisle, 
who sat in the Long Parliament, and had received favours 
from Cromwell for services rendered to the Commonwealth. 
Naturally his wadow would not be a partisan of the Stuarts ; 
but she had already given evidence of her wide sympathy 
by sheltering Royalist fugitives during the Civil War. Her 
pity had been ever shown to those in distress, no matter 
what their creed or party. On the night of July 28, 1685, 
after the Sedgemoor battle and flight of Monmouth, she gave 
shelter to two fugitives from the rebel camp — a divine and 
a lawyer — and brought them food in a room that is still 
pointed out. The kindly Lady of the Manor was arrested, 
tried at Winchester by the infamous Judge Jeffreys, and 
put to death upon the scafiold. 

Let Lord Macaulay tell the pitiful story that lends so 
pathetic an interest to the stately manor-house in the valley 
of the Hampshire Avon : — 

""Jeffreys gave directions that Alice Lisle should be burned 
alive that very afternoon. This excess of barbarity moved 
the pity and indignation even of the class which was most 
devoted to the Crown. The clergy of Winchester Cathedral 
remonstrated with the Chief Justice, who, brutal as he was» 

Bournemouth {h) 



114 SOMERLEY PARK 

was not mad enough to risk a quarrel on such a subject with 
a body so much respected by the Tory party. He consented 
to put ofi the execution five days. During that time the 
friends of the prisoner besought James to be merciful. Ladies 
of high rank interceded for her. Clarendon, the King's 
brother-in-law, pleaded her cause. But all was vain. The 
utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should 
be commuted from burning to beheading. She was put to 
death on a scaftold in the market-place of Winchester, and 
underwent her fate v/ith serene courage." 

The present owner of Moyles Court has collected there a 
number of portraits of persons connected with the Rebellion 
and the judicial murder. 

On the opposite bank of the river from Ellingham is — 

Somerley Park, 

the seat of the Earl of Normanton. From Ringwood it 
may be reached by the Poole road, turning right soon after 
crossing the river. Special permission is required for ad- 
mission to the beautiful Park and to the mansion, with 
its famous picture gallery, including what is perhaps -the 
largest existing collection of portraits by Reynolds. 

The Stour 

calls for no special description here, for the chief places 
of interest along its banks are fully dealt with under " Wim- 
borne," and on pp. 83-4 under " Walks." The river rises 
close by the boundary of Somerset and Dorset, flows past 
Wimborne and Iford, and enters the sea at Christchurch 
by the same estuary as the Avon. 

(For particulars concerning boating and fishing in the 
Avon and the Stour, see pp. 19-20 and 25-7.) 



CHRISTCHURCH. 

THERE is an effective contrast between the modernity 
of Bournemouth, and the ruggedness of Christchurch : 
the one bright and beautiful in her youth, the other stem 
and grand in the majesty of age. 

A place of singular interest is Christchurch with its vener- 
able Priory and ruined Castle, to whose walls chng the historic 
associations of eight centuries ; and the character of the 
scenery lends a touch of enchantment to the situation and 
surroundings of church and fortress. Close by, the twin 
streams of the Avon and the Stour, with only a narrow grassy 
bank separating them, flow to mingle their waters in the 
neighbouring Christchurch Bay ; around are the fenlike 
expanses, almost level with the rivers and the sea, where 
Mr. Hart, a naturalist of more than local fame, made his 
observations on bird life ; while ten miles away, across the 
shining Channel, may be seen to the south-east, on a clear 
day, the projecting rocks of the Needles off the Isle of Wight. 
Fully as interesting, especially after sundown, is the view 
from the Channel, when the massive walls and tower of the 
Priory, rising above the low shores of Christchurch Bay, are 
silhouetted against the sky. 

From Saxon times, and perhaps even earlier, a church and 
town were situated upon these lowlands at the estuary of the 
Avon and the Stour. In Domesday Book the inmates of 
the Priory are described as secular canons of the order of 
St. Augustine, and the name of the church given as Holy 
Trinity ; while the town was known as Twynham, from its 
position " between the waters." The earliest historic refer- 
ence to the town is under the date 901, when the rebellious 
Ethelv/ald held the Castle for awhile against his kinsman 
Edv/ard the Elder. At the time of the Conquest the place 
contained but twenty-one houses, on which a yearly tax of 
6d. was paid ; and although in the reign of Elizabeth the 
population showed but little increase, the ancient borough 

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owned the dignity of sending two members to Parliament, 
and continued to do so until the Reform Act of 1832. It is 
now included in the New Forest Division of Hampshire. 

The Priory Church. 

The Priory Church is open to visitors daily in summer from 10.30 to 5.30. 
Parties are conducted round at intervals. Fee 6d., children ^d. An additional 
^d. is charged for the triforia, clerestory, tower, etc. 

The Priory Church is, of course, the commanding feature 
of interest in the town. *' It is,'* says Mr. Perkins in his 
interesting and trustworthy History of Christchurch Priory^ 
*' one of the finest churches below cathedral rank that is to 
be found in England. It is a perfect mine of wealth to the 
student of architecture, containing examples of every style, 
from its Early English, possibly Saxon, crypt to the Renais- 
sance of its chantries. Here we may see the solid grandeur 
of Norman masonry in the nave with its massive arcading 
and richly- wrought triforium ; the graceful beauty of the 
Early English in its north porch and in the windows of the 
north aisle of the nave ; the more fully developed Decorated 
in the windows of the south aisle of the same, and Perpen- 
dicular in the tower and Lady Chapel." The crypt is now 
generally considered to be Norman. 

The Story of the Foundation 

affords one of those curious mixtures of legend and fact that 
lend a touch of romance to the origin of so many of our 
great historical buildings. Much in the same way, according 
to the legend, that St. Peter's name was given to Westminster 
Abbey because of his active interest in the work of its build- 
ing, so the name of Christ was attached, for equally cogent 
reasons, to the vast church that was founded near to the 
estuary of the Avon and the Stour. 

According to the legend, a site on St. Catherine's Hill, one 
and a half miles north-east of Pokesdown, and about the same 
distance north of Christchurch, was chosen for the proposed 
building ; but every night the work of the preceding day 
was mysteriously destroyed, and the materials removed to 
the spot where the church now stands. But the super- 
natural interposition did not cease even when the strangely- 
indicated site was chosen by the builders ; for it was noticed 
that day after day a stranger laboured with the workmen, 
but was never seen to take his meals with them or to accept 




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payment for what he did. On one occasion, when a great 
beam had been cut too short, the stranger brought it to the 
required length by the touch of his hand. No wonder, then, 
that the devout and simple-minded ecclesiastics came to the 
conclusion that the miracle-worker could be none other than 
the " carpenter's son '* of Nazareth ; and that as Christ had 
helped in the building it should from henceforth bear the 
name of Christchurch. 

The Builder of Christchurch Priory. 

To turn to the records of fact, the Norman church was 
commenced towards the end of the eleventh century by 
Roger Flambard, the infamous Bishop of Durham and prince 
among builders. By undoubted abihty and amazing 
energy Flambard had risen in the reign of Rufus from the 
superintendence of the King's kitchen to the position of 
Chancellor, Treasurer and Bishop, and was at once the 
King's chosen friend and most trusted adviser. Christian 
priest in name only, the powerful Flambard ministered to 
the greed of the pagan Rufus, and in the Saxon Chronicle 
of his own time his acts find a lurid record : — 

" In his days all justice sank, and all unrighteousness arose 
in the sight of God and of the world. He trampled on the 
Church of God, and as to the bishoprics and abbacies whose 
incumbents died in his time, he either sold them outright 
or let them out to renters, for he desired the king to be the 
heir of every one, churchman or layman; so that when the 
king was killed he had in his own hands the archbishopric 
of Canterbury, the bishoprics of Winchester and SaUsbury 
and eleven rich abbacies, all let out to farm.** 

Lax, perhaps, in moral character, Flambard is remembered 
to-day as one of the greatest of the world's architects ; and 
the nave of Christchurch, together with the transepts and the 
apsidal chapel attached to the south transept, ranks with 
the still grander structure of Durham Cathedral as witness 
of his genius. He died in 112 8, and his body rests in the 
great northern Cathedral he planned and founded on the 
height above the Wear ; while Christchurch Priory helps to 
pei*petuate his fame. 

After Flambard 's time, the nave aisles, the north porch 
and the clerestory of the nave were built in the Early English 
style ; while at the end of the fourteenth century the rood 
screen, the splendid reredos, and the Lady Chapel were added. 



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The next century saw the building of the western tower and 
a part of the choir. 

In the reign of Henry VIII, when so many stately Abbey 
Churches were destroyed, a petition, which still exists in the 
Record Office, was addressed to the monarch by Draper, the 
last Prior of Christchurch, begging him to spare the splendid 
structure. He dwelt upon the desolation and poverty of the 
surroundings, and upon the good work done by the clergy in 
relieving the necessities of the district ; but all .in vain as 
regarded the existence of Christchurch as an Abbey founda- 
tion. The Report of December 2, 1539, proved too much 
for the cupidity of the King : " We found the Prior a very 
honest conformable person, and the house well furnysschide 
with juellys and plate, whereof seme he mete fcr the King's 
majestie is use.'' 

The Priory adjuncts were destroyed, and the building 
handed over to the parish as its church, to be served hence- 
forth by vicars and not by wealthy priors to whom the sick 
and needy had through the centuries never appealed in vain 
for comfort and relief. 

Exterior. 

The visitor who desires to carry away the most favourable 
impression of a first view of the building as a whole will do 
well to turn to the left down Castle Street, just before the 
terminus of the tram-lines and a few yards from the avenue 
leading to the Church. The view from the picturesque 
old stone bridge is particularly effective, showing in one 
glance the picturesque setting of the noble structure. The 
Norman keep of the castle is on the right, and nearer still 
to the bridge are the ruins of a Norman house, with its ex- 
quisite zig-zag moulded window ; close to the Church the 
twin streams of the Avon and the Stour, shining and clear, 
flow to the neighbouring sea ; and beyond are the desolate 
sand-stretches across which appear, like a band of silver, the 
curves of Christchurch Bay. The whole picture of rivers, 
fens and sea, of ruined Castle and majestic Priory Church 
is one of surpassing interest and charm. 

Approaching the Church by the avenue, the visitor sees 
at once the whole north side, with its many striking features, 
such as the circular staircase, noted for its rich diaper-work, 
attached to the corner of the transept ; the Norman arcading 
at the base of the transept ; and the unusually large windows 



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of the choir clerestory, of such width and so closely set 
together that the whole has almost the appearance of a wall 
of glass. 

The Western Tower, a fifteenth-century^ erection, was built 
into, and not added to, the length of the Church. The west 
end of the nave was pulled down, and the north and south 
walls of the lower tower carried up from the inside, thus leav- 
ing a space at the west end of the two aisles. One space is 
now used as a vestry. The nave part of the west end is, 
therefore, a part of the tower, while on each side is the west 
wall of the older aisles. 

The North Porch, an entrance worthy of such a church, 
projects 40 feet from the aisle, and its walls are nearl}^ as 
high as the clerestory. The outside opening is a thirteenth- 
century arch, supported on each side by pillars of Purbeck 
marble ; while the doorway leading into the Church, formed 
by a double arch, is a beautiful example of Early English 
work. Above the porch is a chamber, supposed to have been 
used as a muniment room. 

The wall of the North Aisle, between the porch and the 
transept, is in six compartments, marked ofi by Early English 
buttresses. The round-headed windows of the clerestory are 
evidences of the Norman character of the wall ; but much 
of the Norman work, particularly in the arcading, has been 
hidden by Early English work. 

The North Transept is, without doubt, the most interesting ■ 
feature of the exterior. At its north-east comer stands the 
Norman turret, justly regarded as the architectural gem of 
the Church. The base consists of an arcade of intersecting 
arches carried around the whole of the transept. Above 
this, in the turret, is another arcade, not intersected like the 
ower one, but consisting of shafts topped by semi-circular 
arches. A higher stage of the turret is decorated with diaper- 
work ; and at the top is a further piece of arcading, with 
round-headed arches. Capping the whole is a sloping stone 
roof. No architectural work on so small a scale as this 
beautiful turret pictures so clearly the extreme care of the 
Norman builders to avoid monotony. Each stage is unlike 
another, and even the shafts of the three arcaded stages are 
diverse in pattern. The sam.e striving after variety may be 
seen in another of Flambard's designs — his masterpiece that 
crowns the rock overlooking the Wear at Durham. 

East of the north transept are the Choir, the Presbytery and 



120 CHRISTCHURCH 

the Lady Chapel, built at a later period in the Perpendicular 
style. A prominent feature in the north exterior wall of the 
Lady Chapel is the octagonal turret enclosing the staircase 
to St. Michael's Loft, and rising a little distance above the 
parapet. 

The South Transept has on its eastern side a Norman 
apsidal chapel, with a semi-conical roof and two windows, 
one Norman, the other Early English ; and at the south-east 
corner is a circular stair turret, corresponding somewhat to 
the more interesting turret in the north transept. 

At the side of the path leading to the north porch is a 
tombstone bearing a curious epitaph, the origin of which is 
still a mystery : — 

" We were not slayne but raysed, raysd not to Hfe but to be 
byried twice by men of strife. What rest could the living have 
when dead had none ? Agree amongst you, heere we ten are one. 
Hen. Rogers died April 17, 1641." 

A note in a London newspaper of December 7, 1889, sug- 
gested that, as the interment took place during the Civil War, 
Cromwell's troops may have dug up the leaden coffins to 
convert them into bullets, and have re-interred the bodies in 
one grave. But the writer of the note had forgotten that 
the Civil War did not begin until more than a year after the 
date inscribed on the stone ; and, further, it is certain that 
no Roundheads would have gone to the trouble of digging 
up coffins when the roof of the Church could provide, far more 
easily, an abundance of lead. Some think that the bodies 
of ten men who had engaged on the wrong side in the Civil 
W^ar may have been exhumed and suspended on trees or 
gallows and afterwards buried a second time. Another 
suggestion is that the ten bodies were those of ten ship- 
wrecked sailors buried in unconsecrated ground near to the 
place where they were found ; that the Lord of the Manor 
objected to the unconsecrated burial, and that Henry Rogers, 
Mayor of Christchurch, directed that the bodies should be 
placed in the churchyard in one grave to save expense. 

Interior. 

On entering the building the visitor has on his right the 
Baptistery, formed by the interior walls of the tower. In it 
stands a modern font, fashioned on the model of a Norman 
one, the fragments of which may be seen in the north choir 
aisle. Weekes* Monument to Sheiley, the poet, is placed on 



CHRISTCHURCH 121 

the adjoining north wall. The Belfry contains ten bells, the 
seventh and eighth of which are of the fourteenth century, 
and the rest a century later, when Henry V was king. 

The Nave, the work of Flambard, with the exception of the 
modern roof, is thus described by Mr. Ferre}^ the architect 
chiefly concerned in the preservation of the Priory. 

*' It is a splendid example of the later and more decorated 
style of Norman architecture, in which respect there is prob- 
ably no building in the kingdom that can vie \vith it. In 
some points, particularly in the arrangement and ornament 
of the triforium arches, it greatly resembles Bishop Flam- 
bard's work of the same age in Durham Cathedral ; in others 
it reminds us of the IMinster at Peterborough ; but at Christ- 
church the huge massiveness of the Norman pier is finely 
reheved by the duplicated semi-columns which face the 
walls, and are carried up to the clerestory, as well as those 
of inferior height, from which spring the mouldings of the 
great arches. The effect produced by the union which these 
clustered columns form with the lines of the present ceiling 
is strikingly analogous to that arising from the lightness of 
the Pointed Style." 

The nave, ii8 feet long by 58 feet vvdde, consists of seven 
bays, and the wall space above the semi-circular arches is 
decorated with " chisel- work " car\dng as a relief to the 
monotonous appearance of a bare surface ; while the triforium 
above consists, in each bay, of two arches supported by a 
central pillar. The most highly decorated bay is the eastern- 
most on the north side. A staircase at the west of the north 
aisle gives access to the north triforium, but the south tri- 
forium can be reached only by climbing a ladder. 

Of the two aisles, the South Aisle is by far the more in- 
teresting, because of the fine Norman arcade along its south 
wall, and of the original Norman \\dndow in the western bay. 
Here is shown an inscription to one Sally Wilhams, who 
*' died of grief, aged 79 years." 

The Transepts contain some good specimens of Norman 
work. Especially worthy of notice is the arch, with its skilful 
blending of Norman and Early English work, leading from 
the aisle into the south transept, which contains a Norman 
window. There are some of the original Norman windows 
and arcading in the north transept ; but the large window 
in the Perpendicular style is a poor specimen of the work 
of that period. The circular staircase in this transept leads 



122 CHRISTCHURCH 

downwards to the crypt and upwards to a small chamber 
known as Oliver Cromwell's harness room ; but as he never 
visited Christchurch, the association is as legendary as most 
of the desecrations attributed to the Protector. 

Beneath each transept is a Norman Crypt, measuring about 
30 feet by 12. 

The Choir, 

70 feet in length by 21 J feet in breadth, is a Perpendicular 
structure begun in the reign of Henry VI, and completed 
in the reign of Henry VH. It is lighted on each side by four 
large clerestory windows ; but as the window mullions and 
tracery are continued downwards the whole has the appear- 
ance of window niches from floor to roof with only the upper 
part glazed. A fourteenth-century screen separates the Choir 
from the nave. 

The ancient carved oak stalls are thirty-six in number, 
fifteen on each side and six with their backs to the screen. 
Two date from the thirteenth century ; the others from 
about 1 51 5. The ends of the seats, the arms, and the upper 
portion of the backs, are richly, and, in many instances, 
grotesquely carved, with a seeming absence of reverence not 
uncommon in ancient church carving. For instance, on the 
elbow of a stall on the south side is a satire in symbol of a 
priest and his flock, in the shape of a fox wearing a cowl and 
preaching to a flock of geese, while a cock mimics the clerk. 
Upon the same side may be seen a clown intent upon his 
antics, while a dog is slyly eating the contents of a porridge 
pot. The misericords are also quaintly carved, but the 
subjects generally have an allegorical meaning. Among the 
figures are a pair of devils tempting an angel, and a man with 
the back part of his dress torn and fastened with a pin. 

The most striking feature in the Choir is the fourteenth- 
century Reredos, declared by Professor Parkes to be " the 
finest in England without exception," although it lacks its 
former rich colouring, sparkling jewels and silver-covered 
figures. It is in three tiers, with five compartments in each, 
and its designs represent the genealogy of Christ and the 
adoration of the Magi. It should be added that this reredos 
is older than the Choir, and was probably an addition to the 
earlier Norman choir. The communion table is of carved 
oak, made and presented to the church by Pugin, the famous 
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CHRISTCHURCH 123 

Lady Fitzharris, who died in 1 815. To the north of the Choir 
is the exquisite — 

Salisbury Chantry, 

made of Caen stone, a material so durable that the most 
delicate of its carvings, after the lapse of centuries, remain 
perfect in outline to this day. 

Connected with this chantry there is a personal associa- 
tion of a deeply interesting and pathetic kind. Margaret^ 
Countess of Salisbury, who erected the lovely chantry as her 
own resting-place, was the daughter of the Duke of Clarence,, 
brother of Edward IV. History has hardly a more sad tale 
to tell than that of the fate that befell the proud Countess 
and her relatives. Her royal grandfather was slain at Bar- 
net in 1 47 1 ; her father was murdered by his own brother,, 
the Duke of Gloucester, afterwards Richard III ; her brother 
and her eldest son were executed for high treason ; and 
when another of her sons, the famous Cardinal Pole, Dean 
of Wimborne at the age of seventeen, and in later years 
Cardinal-Archbishop of Canterbury, published on the Con- 
tinent an attack on Henry VIII, the royal tyrant turned in 
fury upon every member of Pole's family within reach. Some 
were tried and executed, others attainted without trial, the 
Countess of Salisbury, then over seventy years of age, being 
among the number. She refused to place her head upon the 
block, and it was hacked from her shoulders as she stood 
erect ; and so extreme was Henry's rage that he refused to 
allow her remains to be laid in her beautiful chantry at 
Christchurch. She was buried within the precincts of the 
Tower of London in the " cemetery for traitors " — the dingy 
red-brick St. Peter's Chapel^ — which inspired Macaulay to the 
eloquent passage whose closing lines are of local interest to 
Christchurch :■ — 

" Here and there among the thick graves of unquiet and 
aspiring statesmen lie m^ore delicate sufferers ; Margaret of 
Salisbury, the last of the proud race of Plantagenets, and 
those two fair queens who perished by the jealous rage of 
Henry." 

The remains of the infamous Judge Jeffre^^s, also placed 
in St. Peter's Chapel, were afterwards removed to a more 
dignified spot ; but the Salisbury chantry still pleads in its 
empty grandeur for the stately lady whose bones lie in 
unhonoured burial. 



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The North Choir Aisle contains a late Perpendicular chan- 
try, probably erected soon after the marriage of Henry VII 
with Elizabeth of York, for the white and red roses painted 
on the ceiling seem to be in commemoration of the union 
of the rival Houses of York and Lancaster. At the eastern 
end are the colours of the old Christchurch Volunteers (1793), 
interesting as showing the Jack before the Union in the time 
of George IV. A tablet to the memory of Robert Barnes, by 
Chantrey, and the tomb of Sir John and Lady Chydioke, with 
their recumbent figures in alabaster, are other noteworthy 
features. The knight was slain in the Wars of the Roses, 
and is represented in plate armour, with shirt of mail, while 
his lady is habited in fifteenth-century style. 

The South Choir Aisle contains the Draper Chantry, formed 
by a screen of Caen marble placed across the east end. John 
Draper — the second prior of that name — was the last of the 
Christchurch Priors. He resigned, on compulsion, at the 
time of the suppression of the monasteries in Henry VIII's 
reign. Within Draper's Chantry, on the south wall, is a 
very beautiful piscina, the finest in the church. On the 
north side of the same aisle is the Harys Chantry, a quaint 
play upon the family name appearing in the form of a hare 
and the letters Y S on one of the panels. 

At the back of the reredos is a processional path, from 
which, over the arched entrance to the south aisle, may be 
seen the end of the " miraculous beam," the connection of 
which with the naming of the Priory has already been told. 
How the sacred beam came to have a place in the most modern 
part of the building is not explained. 

The Lady Chapel, with its altar and reredos under the east 
window, is a beautiful specimen of Perpendicular work. The 
reredos is but a fragmentary remnant, a part of it being 
attached to the wall ; a slab of Purbeck stone forms the 
altar. North and south of this altar are the tombs of Thomas, 
Lord West, and Lady Alice West, his mother. Lord West 
died at the opening of the fifteenth century, and the clause 
in his will, directing that his remains should be laid in the 
new Lady Chapel, places this part of the Priory under a late 
iourteenth-century date. 

St. Michael's Loft is a plain, low room, over the Lady 
Chapel, reached not only from the interior but from the 
exterior by the octagonal staircase on the north wall of the 
choir. The piscina at its east end shows that it was once a 




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chapel ; but from 1662 to 1828 it was used as a grammar 
school, and subsequently as a private school, closed in 1869. 

The Norman Castle. 

On an artificial mound a few yards north of the church 
stand the remains of the east and west walls of the Norman 
Keep, about 20 feet high and 10 feet thick. It was built 
early in the twelfth century by Richard de Redvers, Earl of 
Devon, and after several changes of ownership came into the 
possession of the Nevilles, Earls of Warwick. Hence the 
connection with the Priory of Margaret, Countess of Salisbury^ 
the granddaughter of the King-maker. 

The Constable's House. 

Close to the north-east of the keep are the ruins of one of 
the few specimens of Norman domestic architecture in exist- 
ence. The house, which was the residence of Baldwin do 
Redvers, Earl of Devon, to whom the Manor of Christchurch 
belonged in the middle of the twelfth century, is in the late 
Norman style, and worthy of attention for its circular chim- 
ney and the beauty of its zigzagged window arches. The 
walls are of great thickness and on the ground floor are 
loopholed for defence. Near the centre of the wall ad- 
joining the river is a large fireplace connected with the 
circular chimney. 

The Hart Natural History Museum. 

(Open 10 to 5 d ily. Admission is.) 
Opposite the Town Hall, in the main street, is the Museum 
containing the fine collection of local and rare birds which 
has won for Mr. Hart, of Christchurch, an enduring position 
in the history of British ornithology. The 300 groups of 
birds, the majority of which belong to the south- v/est corner 
of Hants between Southampton Water and the Avon, are 
of extreme interest to the naturalist, and are an eloquent 
testimony to the knowledge, zeal, and patient industry of 
the founder of the Museum. For about half a century Mr. 
Hart has been engaged upon what has been well described 
as " a very Valhalla of rare and beautiful forms " ; and 
before ever a tourist visited these regions he was securing 
his specimens along the flats bordering the Channel, in the- 



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depths of the New Forest, on the heaths, and by the water- 
side of the Avon Valley. 

Among the rarities in the Museum may be mentioned the 
bearded tit, now never seen in this country, choughs, for- 
merly common in the neighbourhood, the nut-cracker with 
abraded tail feathers, the little egret mentioned in the section 
of Yarrell's British Birds devoted to herons, and many other 
specimens of extreme interest to the naturalist. 

The Museum contains, in addition to the birds, a large col- 
lection of local fossils, seaweed, mosses, butterflies and moths. 

For particulars as to Stour and Avon fishing, see pp. 
25-7 and 112. 

BARTON-ON-SEA. 

This is a small but growing watering-place about five miles 
-east of Christchurch, having a fine situation in the centre of 
Christchurch Bay, nearly opposite the Needles. 

Its air, eulogized by Sir Frederick Treves, is bracing, and 
there is excellent railway communication with Bournemouth, 
Southampton and London. The nearest station is New 
Milton, about one and a half miles north. 

The accommodation for visitors includes two good hotels. 
As a centre for hunting and shooting the place has many 
possibilities, while being near both to the Stour and Avon 
it finds favour among oarsmen and anglers. 

The cliffs are geologically similar to those at Alum Bay, in 
the Isle of Wight ; and, to those interested, the neighbouring 
Hordle Cliff, with its rich fossil beds, will prove a pleasant 
hunting-ground. The views from the heights of Barton 
extend in one direction across Christchurch Bay to Swanage 
Bay, and in the other to Hurst Castle and the Isle of Wight. 

For Milford-on-Sea, 3 miles east of Barton, see p. 97. 



SALISBURY. 

AN attractive day excursion from Bournemouth is to 
the pleasant city of SaHsbury. Our purpose is not 
to give a detailed and elaborate description of the many 
points of interest in and around the city, but rather to act 
as a guide to those who leave in the morning to spend a 
few hours in Salisbury and return the same evening. 

The direct approach to SaUsbury Cathedral is by the main 
road from the railway station down High Street, a quaint 
and narrow thoroughfare, nearl}^ as far as the Market Square, 
then turning to the right. Passing beneath an ancient Gate 
we enter the noble expanse of greensward from the centre 
of which rises the most graceful example of ecclesiastical 
architecture in the British Isles. 

In the ancient and now deserted borough of Old Sarum, 
one and a half miles north of Sahsbury, some entrenchments 
and a few ruins mark the site of what was once a city of 
note. Important excavations have revealed many features 
of the ancient hill-top stronghold which appears to have 
been deserted for the plain about the year 1220.' But until 
1832 the dead city of Old Sarum continued to return two 
members to Parhament, the election taking place in a field 
on which the last houses of the "rotten borough" once 
stood. As much as ^60, coo has been paid for the small 
estate in order that the owner might have the privilege of 
nominating two members. The present city is still frequently 
styled in official documents New Sarum. 

Salisbury Cathedral. 

Admission. — Nave and transepts free. Those desiring to see the Choir, Chapter 

House and Cloisters enter their names in visitors' book and contribute at 

least 6d. to restoration fund. 
Open, weekdays, March 25 to September 29, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ; rest of the year, 

10 to 4 p.m. only. Visitors are, of course, not allowed to walk round during 

times of services. 
Dimensions. — Height of spire, 404 feet. Total length of exterior, 473 feet ; of 

nave only, 230 feet. Interior height of nave, 81 feet ; width, 82 feet. 

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Services. — Weekdays : 7.30, Matins ; 8, Holy Communion ; 10 a.m., Matins, 
Choral except Weclne?da>'s ; 11 Thursdays, Holy Communion; 3 p.m., 
Evensong, Choral except Wednesdays. Sundars ; 7 a.m., ist Sunday, and 
8 a.m. every Sunday, Holy Communion ; 10.30, Matins, Litany, Sermon 
and Holy Communion ; 3 p.m.. Choral Evensong and Sermon ; 7 p.m. 
short Special Service and Sermon. 

Before the erection of the present stately edifice, the 
Cathedral of the diocese was in Old Sarum. It was conse- 
crated in 1092, and rebuilt soon afterwards in consequence 
of the earlier church being ruined by a storm. That Old 
Sarum Cathedral possessed a beauty of its own is proved 
by the testimony of William of Malmesbury, who declared 
that its builder had cause to say, " Lord, I have loved the 
glory of Thy House." 

Various reasons were given for the change of site — that the 
hilly situation not only caused the cathedral to be in con- 
tinual need of repair, but exposed the fabric to the fury of 
the winds, so that the words of the service were at times 
difficult to follow ; that the water supply of Old Sarum was 
inadequate, and that the military in the neighbouring castle 
were doing their utmost to show that they, and not the 
ecclesiastics, were the lords of Old Sarum. 

" What has the House of the Lord to do with castles ? " 
asked Peter of Blois, in support of the proposal to remove 
the See from Old Sarum. '* It is the Ark of the Covenant in 
a temple of Balaam. Let us, in the name of God, descend 
into the meads. There are rich meadows and fertile valleys 
abounding in the fruits of the earth, profusely watered by 
living streams. There is a seat for the Virgin Patroness of 
our Church to which the whole world cannot produce a 
parallel." 

In 1220 the foundations of the present Cathedral were 
laid. The building was consecrated in 1258, and there seems 
to have been a final dedication in September, 1260, but the 
spire was not erected till the middle of the fourteenth century. 
During the Commonwealth no great injury was done to the 
beauty of the Cathedral, although the right was obtained by 
several sects to worship in it at the same hour ; it was in 
the comparatively recent period of 1790 that the interior was 
shorn of much of its beauty. Permission was given at that 
time to Wyatt, the architect, better and more truly known 
as *' the destroyer," to restore the interior. Screens were 
pulled down, chapels and porches destroyed ; old stained 
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ditch, and when the hideous work was completed by the 
white-washing of the walls, a dignitary of the Cathedral was 
able to write to his daughter, " At last we have made the 
place neat and clean." 

If further evidence were needed of Wyatt's destructiveness, 
it is to be found in the fate of the Campanile, 200 feet high, 
which stood on the north side of the churchyard and housed 
bells that had been heard at Old Sarum. But the ears of the 
Dean and Chapter were deaf to all appeals but those for money 
with which to carry on the work of white- washing and window- 
smashing, and so in 1790 the Salisbury and Wiltshire Journal 
contained an advertisement " To Builders, or Persons engaged 
in building. To be sold, in any quantity, and upon reasonable 
terms, the materials of a very large Building. ..." 

The result of the " restoration " has been to give a certain 
degree of coldness and monotony to the interior ; and Dean 
Stanley drew a true picture w^hen he said to one of the Salis- 
bury canons, " You at Sahsbury are all glorious without ; 
we at Westminster all glorious within." 

The Exterior. 

Salisbury Cathedral is generall}^ admitted to rank as the 
finest specimen of Early English architecture ; and visitors 
who view its exquisite proportions in a walk by the green- 
sward will not wonder at the fame it has won. The best 
aspect of the Cathedral is undoubtedly that from the north- 
east corner of the Close ; and, to quote the opinion of a leading 
authority, " the breaking of the outline by the two transepts, 
instead of cutting up by pinnacles and buttresses, is a master- 
stroke of art, and the noble central spire crowns the whole 
composition with singular beauty." 

Nothing in the whole range of art can possibly be finer 
than the noble spire, the highest in England, the well-defined 
conception of aspiring majesty ; and it is the controlling 
idea of the whole composition. Erected in the purest period 
of the Early Gothic, all the various parts of the Cathedral are 
grouped in masterly pyramidal outline ; the long succession 
of buttresses and pinnacles, the sharp roofs and gables and 
lofty turrets, combine to lead the eye to the central point, the 
great spire. All the features of the structure unite in a 
peculiar lightness and grace, yet grandeur of effect, that 
place Salisbury in a class of its own among the Cathedrals 
of England. 

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130 SALISBURY 

The West Front is chiefly notable for its many niches, 
which are being gradually filled with figures. When all are 
in place they will represent the Te Deum. 

The Interior. 

In spite of the degree of coldness to which we have already 
alluded, arising from the lack of stained windows, the general 
effect is made impressive by the entire uniformity of the 
architecture. The vaulting is plainly and boldly executed, 
rising to a height of 8i feet from the pavement ; and the 
nave arches are adorned with an effective series of deep 
mouldings, beneath which the slender columns look still 
more airy and elegant from their division into many separate 
shafts of dark Purbeck marble. The roof is of the same 
material as the walls — a freestone obtained from the Chilmark 
quarries, situated about twelve miles from Salisbury, toward 
Hindon village, and still in use. 

The Nave 

is divided into ten arches, with a peculiarly beautiful triforium, 
or open gallery, between them and the clerestory windows 
above. The windows in the nave aisles are double lancets, 
while those in the clerestory are mostly triplets, the whole 
iorming such a profusion as to give rise to the local rhyme : 

*' As many days as in one year there be, 
So many windows in this church you see ; 
So many marble pillars here appear 
As there are hours throughout the fleeting year ; 
As many gates as moons one here may view — 
Strange taJe to tell, yet not more strange than true." 

The Monuments 

will well repay attention, for many of them are very striking, 
particularly those of William Longespee, a son of Henry II 
(the easternmost on the north side of the nave), Lord Hunger- 
ford and his wife (next to the foregoing), and the mediaeval 
efligy of John de Montacute, a Crecy hero (the easternmost 
on the south side of the nave). Three examples of Flaxman's 
art, and Chantrey's monument to the Earl of Malmesbury 
may be seen in the north transept. Here, too, on the west 
wall, is a bust of Richard Jefferies (184 8-18 87), the naturalist, 
*'who," says the well-phrased inscription, "observing the 
works of Almighty God with the poet's eye has enriched the 



SALISBURY 131 

literature of his country and won for himself a place amongst 
those who have made men happier and wiser." 

In the south aisle of the choir there is a tomb of exceeding 
beauty in memory of Bishop Bridport, who died in 1262, 
Artists still come to Salisbury to study the figures in the 
Bridport monument. In the Lady Chapel is a monument 
to Bishop Wordsworth. In the north choir aisle Ues the 
Rev. John Bampton, a canon residentiary of SaHsbury, the 
founder of the Bampton Lectures ; and the cloister burial- 
ground is the resting-place of three last-century prelates' — 
Denison, the brother of a Speaker of the House of Commons, 
and an enthusiastic worker for the education of the poor ; 
Hamilton, who has been described as the model of all a bishop 
ought to be ; and Moberly, one of the most scholarly divines 
of modern times. 



Salisbury Spire. 

From the top of the battlemented tower, at a height of 212 
feet from the ground, the graceful spire, profusely crocketed, 
and ornamented with sculptured bands of stone, tapers for 
nearly 200 feet more, so that it is the loftiest as well as the 
most beautiful in all England. The original design of the 
Cathedral did not provide for such a crowning work, and it 
was with the utmost temerity that the builders in 1330 pre- 
pared to load the supporting piers with hundreds of tons 
more than they had been expected to bear. Moreover, the 
marshy soil on which the Cathedral stood being ill-adapted to 
the support of the solidity usually associated with spires, great 
ingenuity had to be expended in reducing weight wherever 
possible, and flying buttresses were added within and without 
the Cathedral. Even so, such have been the precautions 
taken that, since Sir Christopher Wren's examination, no fur- 
ther displacement has developed. 

The Cathedral Close, 

beautiful with its mellow and picturesque residences and lofty 
elms, has walls and gateways built of stone from the ecclesias- 
tical buildings of Old Sarum. In a niche on the south side 
of the High Street Gate is a Statue of King Edward VII, 
unveiled on the day first appointed for his coronation. The 
figure replaced one of Charles II which had fallen to pieces. 



132 SALISBURY 

The arms of Charles are still on the north side of the gate. 
The Exeter Gate gives access to the Bishop's Palace, a large, 
irregular, battlement ed building. 

St. Ann's Gate is at the head of St. Ann's Street, the site of 
the combined Salisbury, South Wilts and Blackmore Museums. 
(Open : Summer 10-5 ; Winter 10-4 ; Fridays and Sundays 
excepted.) In the Blackmore Museum is one of the most 
important collections of prehistoric relics. 

A little lower down is the Joiner's Hall, purchased by the 
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest and Natural 
Beauty. It is readily identified by the beautiful carvings on 
the front. 

Hard by St. Ann's Street is the thoroughfare called the 
New Canal. Here is the Halle of John Halle, a wealthy and 
eminent wool merchant. It was his banqueting-hall and 
dates from 1470. It is open to visitors. 

Near the Market Place is the Poultry Gross, mentioned in 
a deed dated 1335. Opposite is the Haunch of Venison Inn, 
the interior of which is a fine specimen of the timbered build- 
ings of the thirteenth century, and the visitor with a love for 
what is ancient will appreciate having attention directed to 
the Old George Hotel in the High Street. It was once the 
chief hostelry. 

Transferring observations to the environs of the city, we 
note that only three miles away, to the westward, lies the 
noble domain of Wilton, standing in a richly wooded park, 
where Sir Philip Sidney wrote part of his Arcadia. There, 
too, was the home of the beautiful Countess of Pembroke, to 
whose memory William Browne inscribed a famous epitaph, 
part of which may be seen on a small brass plate by the 
Communion rail in the Cathedral. 

Still nearer, in the same direction, is the hamlet of Bemer- 
ton, where lived and ministered George Herbert, the author 
of The Temple, ** one of those spirits scattered along the 
track of the ages," wrote Bishop Doane, "to show us how 
nearly the human may, by grace, attain to the angelic nature.*' 
It is recorded of him that " he went twice a week to the 
Cathedral of Salisbury, feeling that the time spent in thought,, 
prayer and cathedral music elevated his soul and was his 
heaven on earth.'* It is proposed to place a window in the 
Cathedral to his memory. 



ROMSEY ABBEY. 

THERE is railway communication with Romsey by the 
Midland and South -Western Railway via Nursling, and 
less directly by the line from Southampton via Eastleigh to 
Salisbury ; but those who visit the little town, graced by 
one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in the 
kingdom, generally travel by cycle, motor, or horse vehicle, 
across the New Forest by way of Lyndhurst. 

Most visitors will gladly put into the box more than the 
minimum fee of sixpence charged for the services of a guide, 
when they know that the whole of the fees are used towards 
that thorough restoration which is so desirable. The 
thousandth anniversary of the Abbey was celebrated by a 
pageant in June, 1907 ; the proceeds were devoted to the 
erection of the porch over the north door. 

The Abbey is dedicated to SS. Mary and Ethelflaeda, the 
latter being the granddaughter of King Alfred and first 
abbess of Romsey. The earliest building was erected in the 
quiet period won by Alfred in his battles with the Danes 
after they had sacked and burnt many a splendid religious 
house ; and fitting was it that the great King's granddaughter 
should have built this Abbey in Alfred's own kingdom of 
Wessex and become its first abbess. 

It was in the reign of Henry I that the building began 
to assume its present stately proportions, of massive stone 
work, the older Abbey having been probably a wooden 
structure ; and it may certainly be regarded as a memorial 
of the happier days after the Conquest, when the first step 
was taken in uniting the Normans and Saxons by the marriage 
of Henry I, son of the Conqueror, with Matilda- — the good 
Queen Maud, as she is lovingly remembered in the Chronicles 
' — niece of Edgar Atheling, and therefore a Princess of the 
royal Saxon hne. Matilda was living at Romsey Abbey, 
and Henry I, after seizing the crown at Winchester, hastened 
to Romsey, there to make his successful suit for the hand of 

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134 ROMSEY ABBEY 

the Saxon Princess. Soon after this event the present Abbey 
was built, some think as a thank-offering by Henry I for the 
blessing of the good wife he had found at Romsey. 

The Interior. 

The visitor who enters by the south door and goes to the 
centre of the nave facing the chancel will see before him 
almost an ideal Norman Church, the only exceptions to the 
uniform character of the architecture being the two modern 
windows in the east end. But he who wishes for a view of 
the perfect Norman, with no trace of later work to break the 
harmony of the whole, will stand in the south-west corner 
of the south transept and look diagonally across the inter- 
section of choir and nave into the north transept. Then will 
he understand the aptness of the description which classes 
Romsey Abbey as " a miniature Durham Cathedral." 

The Clerestory is an interesting study of transition from 
the pure Norman of the choir to the Early English of the 
west end, exhibiting as it does every gradation of arch and 
moulding over a period of a hundred years. 

In the South Transept is a handsome recumbent effigy 
in Purbeck marble, belonging to the thirteenth century. 
Near to it, and dating from the seventeenth century, is the 
tomb of John and Grissel S. Barbe. Their family held the 
neighbouring mansion of Broadlands for two centuries before 
it became the seat of Lord Palmerston, whose monument in 
the Market Place commemorates his connection with Romsey. 

The Choir Screen, one of the oldest pieces of woodwork 
in the church, was made in the fourteenth century to divide 
the north transept from the rest of the church. This was 
done by the advice of William of Wykeham, to provide 
greater accommodation for the townspeople, who at high 
festivals were so inconveniently crowded in the space allotted 
them in the aisle that they sometimes burst bounds and 
flocked into the ceremonial area. 

In the wall at the east end of the south choir aisle is a 
Saxon crucifix, probably dating from about the time of the 
reconstruction of the earlier Abbey in King Edgar's reign. 
Behind the altar, in what is known as the Ambulatory, are to 
be seen two arches that once opened into chapels, dedicated 
the one to the Virgin Mary, the other to St. Ethelflaeda. 
They were destroyed at the Dissolution of the Monasteries. 
The windows that now fill the spaces of the arches date from 




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ROMSEY ABBEY 135 

the beginning of the fourteenth century. Some curious relics 
are displayed in the Ambulatory. 

At the West End of the Abbey is a modern window, rightly 
described as "in the perfection of Early English style," in 
memory of Lord Palmerston, and bearing beneath it the 
following inscription : " This window was erected by public^ 
subscription in memory of Viscount Palmerston, who, during 
fifty years of service as minister of the Crown, laboured for 
the good of his country and for the benefit of mankind." 

Close by is a monument to the memory of the founder of 
the Lansdowne family. Sir William Petty. He was the son 
of a Romsey clothier, and was born in 1623. 

Another notable monument here is a poem in stone chiselled 
by a Romsey medical man. It is a memorial of the sculptor's 
own little daughter, who is represented asleep on a couch 
with a broken rosebud in her tiny hand. 

The Exterior of the Abbey contains a remarkable feature 
in the tenth-century crucifix outside the west wall of the 
south transept. The figure on the cross represents not a 
dead Christ, but a reigning Lord, with eyes open and head 
uplifted. In the British Museum there is a MS. of Homilies 
by Archbishop ^Ifric, with a drawing of a crucifix similar in 
design to that at Romsey. This type was a favourite one for 
a few years, but it died out at the close of the tenth century. 

The corbel tables running all round the building are a. 
curious feature of the exterior. They represent the pro- 
jecting ends of roof beams, and are carved into heads of 
fantastic and utterly grotesque creatures. 



THE NEW FOREST. 

FEW visitors leave Bournemouth without seeing some- 
thing of a district so full of interest and varied charm 
as the New Forest. The journey may be made — as described 
on p. 98 — by motor-bus or one of the chars-a-bancs which, 
during the season, make daily circular runs through some of 
the finest of the scenery, allowing intervals for lunch and 
tea, and time for rambles in the heart of the woodlands. 

The nearest station to the Forest is Lyndhurst Road, two 
miles from Lyndhurst, from and to which a 'bus runs several 
times a day in connection with the principal trains. There 
are no regular public conveyances between Brockenhurst 
station and Lyndhurst, but carriages can easily be hired at 
Brockenhurst. 

From Lyndhurst Road Station it is customary in the summer 
for a motor or other conveyance to start about 11 a.m. for a 
run through the choicest Forest scenery, the routes varying 
according to the day of the week. The arrangements are too 
variable to be set out here, but particulars are advertised in 
Bournemouth. 

As, owing to the delightful scenery and the well-kept roads, 
motoring in the New Forest has become so popular in recent 
years, a useful purpose may be served by reprinting the fol- 
lowing letter, sent to the press by the Clerk to the Court of 
Verderers : — 

" I am desired by the Verderers of the New Forest, sitting 
in their Court of Swainmote and Attachment in the Verderers* 
Hall, at the King's House, Lyndhurst, to bring to the notice 
of owners and drivers of motor-cars certain special dangers 
attending the driving of motor-cars through the New Forest, 
especially at night. 

" The majority of motorists seem to be unacquainted with 
the pecuhar conditions of the New Forest. The roads are 
unfenced because they form part of the area over which 
Rights of Common are exerciseable ; consequently, ponies, 
cattle, and pigs turned out by the commoners may at any 

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THE NEW FOREST 137 

time be lawfully upon the roads. Moreover, the woods and 
thickets alongside the roads both shelter and conceal such 
animals while depasturing near the edge of the roads and 
upon the grass at the side. They sometimes even lie down 
upon the roads at night. 

" Several cases have occurred of such commonable animals, 
while lawfully depasturing within the perambulation of the 
New Forest, being run down and killed, especially at night, 
by motor-cars. 

" Upon the rapid approach of cars with their dazzling lights, 
the animals are startled, and try to cross the road, and even 
run along it in front of a car, bewildered. As the animals 
are there of right, motorists are answerable to the owners 
for any damage done, and it should be known that the animals 
that roam in the forest are, for the most part, the property of 
small owners, who can ill afford to sustain any loss. 

" The utmost caution and care, both by day and night, 
should, therefore, be exercised by the drivers of motor-cars 
when passing through the New Forest." 

A Short History of the New Forest. 

The name " New Forest " is a misnomer, for the woodlands 
have been in existence for certainly a thousand years ; and 
long before the Norman era in which it was given the name 
it still holds, the district was a part of the great forest waste 
which covered over three-fourths of the country. 

The popular idea is that the New Forest was the creation 
of William the Conqueror ; that before his time its area 
was dotted with peaceful villages, and was great with pasture 
lands and fields of waving corn ; and that these were laid 
waste and the flourishing villagers cruelly expelled, in order 
that the royal hunter and his chosen companions might find 
sport in chasing the deer. The death of two of the Con- 
queror's sons — Richard, his youngest born, and William 
Rufus, his successor — while hunting in the Forest, helped to 
gain belief in the monkish legends of the misery that followed 
the planting of these deer preserves. 

But it is impossible that a great forest could have been 
created in the few years William was able to give to the 
work ; and modern researches have shown that the popular 
idea of the genesis of these beautiful woodlands is altogether 
mistaken. In the Conqueror's time there were sixty-eight 
great forests in Englan^, and one of them lay in the south- 
west of Hampshire. Because this was close to his royal 
residence, William decided to enlarge its bounds — not by 



138 THE NEW FOREST 

" wiping out " churches and villages, as his Saxon enemies, 
inspired by national sentiment, declared, but by " afforest- 
ing," that is, by placing the whole area of existing woodlands 
under the Forest Laws. So hard were these laws that a man 
who slew a fellow-creature would be less severely punished 
than one who killed a deer. 

The original meaning of the term forest was a ** frith," 
or a wild stretch of country reserved for field sport ; and in 
the Saxon Chronicle the land now known as the New Forest 
is referred to as "a mickle deer-frith." Doubtless before 
the Norman era the district presented the same features 
as to-day — wide tracts covered with trees — and here and 
there vast areas on which nothing Qt)uld grow but gorse or 
heather, practically as valueless for agricultural purposes as 
an acknowledged desert. To this day the greater part of it 
has resisted every reclaiming effort of the husbandman ; and 
if the modern farmer has failed to convert the New Forest 
soil we may be quite sure that there never have been here 
smiling pastures and golden cornfields for the Norman tyrant 
to turn into a waste. Probably not a tree was planted by 
direction of the Conqueror ; he simply placed the whole area 
of woodland and heath, of waste and wild, under the Game 
Laws, and made it a royal preserve under the name of the 
New Forest. 

During the later Norman reigns and the Plantagenet 
period the rights of the people were invaded by a series of 
forest boundary extensions ; but at the close of the thirteenth 
century the limits were reduced to an area about identical 
with that of the present day. 

In the time of the earlier Stuarts the Forest suffered much 
through mismanagement. The keepers having been allowed 
to cut down trees and sell the timber instead of receiving a 
salary, the number of grown trees fell from about 130,000 in 
1608 to only 2,000 in 1632. As the Royal Dockyards in a 
measure depended on the New Forest for supplies of timber, 
an Enclosure Act — the first of its kind^ — was passed in the 
reign of William III, directing the immediate planting of 
2,000 acres, and then of an additional 200 acres annually, 
until the total amounted to 6,000. A still more extensive 
planting was carried out in the time of George III. 

But tree-planting was not always accompanied by good 
management, and not even the Land Laws were able to pre- 
vent loss by encroachments. It is a curious fact that if a 




/. G. Short,] 



ILyndhurst, 



BEECH AT MARK ASH. 



47 




F. G. 0. Stuart,] [Southampton. 

THE ROAD TO MINSTEAD. 







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OAK IN queen's bower WOOD. 

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THE NEW FOREST 139 

man could succeed in putting up a rough hut in the night- 
time, and light a fire in it before morning, only a legal process, 
so difficult as to be rarely attempted, could dispossess him * 
and once the humble land-snatcher had settled down upon 
his " estate " he would be small- witted indeed if he did not: 
find a means, gradually but surely, to enlarge his boundaries. 

In 1848 a Commission was appointed to remedy matters, 
one of the measures adopted being the registration of the 
names and claims of those entitled to Common Rights. These 
rights are of four kinds : (i ) Common of Mast, or the right 
to turn out pigs to feed on the beech mast and acorns ; 
(2 ) Common of Pasture, or the right to use the grass for grazing 
purposes ; (3) Turbary, or the right to a certain quantity of 
turf, yielded to Bournemouth in Meyrick Park (p. 60) ; and 
(4) Estovers, or the right to use wood for fuel. 

By the New Forest Act of 1877 it was settled that no fresh 
land should be taken for enclosure ; that the trees should be 
preserved from the axe of the wood-cutter, and that the 
Commoners should have the privilege of turning their cattle 
out all the year round instead of only during the sum_mer 
months. These Commoners — who to this day greatly value 
their legal rights — are represented by Verderers, seven in 
number, who have the right of inquiry into trespasses, 
encroachments and other breaches of the Forest Laws. The 
Chairman is nominated by the Crown, and the others are 
elected by the Commoners by open voting. The Verderers' 
Court is held at Lyndhurst, which may be regarded as the 
capital of the New Forest — the Court still going by its ancient 
name of the Swainmote, a Saxon term in existence long before 
the Norman Conquest. 

The Forest became national property at the accession of 
Queen Victoria, when, on the settlement of the Civil List, it 
was no longer held as an hereditary possession of the Crown. 

The late War led to the felling of timber to the value of 
hundreds of thousands of pounds. To repair the loss, it will 
be necessary to plant extensively for several years. The trees 
were felled by Canadian lumbermen and the local foresters. 
The trunks and limbs were cut into lengths suitable for the 
purposes for which they were required and the prepared tim- 
ber was then removed by Portuguese labourers and German 
prisoners. A gigantic circular saw used by the Canadians 
was a marvel to the dwellers in the countryside. 

Birch wood from the Forest formed an essential part of 



140 THE NEW FOREST 

the gas masks worn by our troops ; New Forest charcoal was 
the fuel used to give warmth in the trenches, and from the 
Forest was collected much moss for surgical bandaging. 

The Area of the Forest 

is 92,365 acres, of which about 65,000 acres, or rather more 
than 100 square miles, is national property. Its length 
from north to south is twenty-one miles, and its extreme 
breadth twelve miles. It reaches to Wiltshire on the north, 
and approaches the Solent on the south. Roughly speaking, 
the Avon forms its western boundary, while on the east it 
extends to within two miles of Southampton Water. 

The principal Trees are the oak, beech, birch and ash, but 
the pine, alder, chestnut and hazel are common. Elm trees 
are rarely found. Ivies and hollies flourish in the neighbour- 
hood of Lyndhurst. In some of the old woods the wild apple 
and wild cherry are abundant, lending with their blossoms 
an additional beauty to the scenery in the month of May. 
The blackthorn, or wild plum, whose fruit is made into sloe 
gin, grows freely in some parts. 

Characteristics of the Scenery. 

The visitor who takes the word " forest " in its ordinary 
acceptance as meaning wooded land, will be surprised to find 
in the New Forest immense tracts almost destitute of trees. 
But the term signified in ancient days " a vast uncultivated 
expanse," and even in comparatively modern dictionaries 
this definition of a forest is preserved (see also p. 138). This 
beautiful district consists of a great heath, with here and 
there a mass of woodland ; and its chief charm lies in the 
variety of scenery afforded by the wild heaths, bright in the 
season with the gorse and the heath flower, the distant sweeps 
of the rich surrounding landscape, and the deep woods that 
here and there for miles dip into the hollows and clothe the 
gently rising ground. The best known of these woods are 
-Knlghtwood, famous for its giant oak ; the wild and beautiful 
Sloden Enclosure, where there are hundreds of yew trees ; 
Mark Ash, whose beauty has been described by many an 
eloquent pen ; and Boldrewood, the most familiar part of 
the Forest to visitors from Bournemouth, and the frequent 
Tesort of picnic parties. 



THE NEW FOREST 141 

Bogs are common in places, and there are large ponds, or 
miniature lakes, that at Sowley covering 90 acres. 

What the characteristics of the district really are has 
never been better shown than by Mr. Hutchinson, in his 
excellent book. The New Forest, charming alike for its literary 
interest and the grace of its illustrations. " Most previous 
accounts of the New Forest,'* says Mr. Hutchinson, " dwell 
too much on its sylvan character. . . . The charm and 
beauty of the whole have not been, and cannot be, exagger- 
ated ; but the beauty is more that of the heath than of the 
woodland, so far as a great part of the area is concerned. 
The most beautiful feature of all is the alternation in certain 
parts of the one kind of scene with the other." 

An earlier and not less enthusiastic writer, William Howitt,. 
has thus discoursed upon the wide heaths and the secluded 
woodlands of the New Forest : — 

" Heathery hills stretched away on one side, woods came 
down thickly and closely on the other. . . . Delighted with 
the true woodland wildness and solemnity of beauty I rode 
onwards through the wildest woods that came in my way. 
Awakening as from a dream, I saw far around me one deep 
shadow, one thick and continuous roof of boughs, and thou- 
sands of hoary boles, standing clothed as it w^ere with the 
very spirit of silence. I admired the magnificent sweep of 
some grand old trees as they hung into a glade or ravine,, 
some delicious opening in the deep woods, or the grotesque 
of peculiar trees, which seemed to have been contorted with 
inimitable crookedness by the strange genius of the place. "= 

When the late Mr. Roosevelt, ex-President of the United 
States, was visiting Britain, he expressed a wish to take a 
walk through a typical bit of English country-side, and his 
last day in England was spent in the company of Sir Edward 
Grey (now Viscount Grey) in the New Forest, of w^hich he 
often afterwards spoke with great admiration. *' I passed no 
pleasanter twenty-four hours during my entire European 
trip." 

The Literary Associations of the Forest are dealt with oix 
pp. 45-6. 

The Principal Streams 

of the Forest are the Lymington River, which flows by Brocken-^ 
hurst and Boldre, and after a course of fourteen miles enters 



142 THE NEW FOREST 

the Solent at Lymington ; and the Exe (sometimes known as 
the Beaulieu River), which rises near Lyndhurst Racecourse, 
winds along the borders of the Forest for ten miles, and also 
enters the Solent. There is no better way of seeing the 
little-explored and often the most lovely parts of the New 
Forest than by leaving the beaten track and following the 
course of some stream, such as the Lymington River. Dr. 
Wise, one of the highest authorities on Hampshire scenery. 
Writes : " Make a stream your friend and companion, and go 
wherever it goes. It will be sure to take you through the 
greenest valleys, and past the thickest woods, and under the 
largest trees." 

The Wild Animals 

of the New Forest include the deer, which, formerly plentiful, 
are now only preserved for the sake of " Auld lang syne." 
They were destined for destruction by the Deer Removal 
Act of 1 851 ; but a few escaped, and their descendants have 
now the privilege of being regularly hunted, the bucks in the 
spring and autumn, the does in the winter. Hares, rabbits 
and squirrels are plentiful, as also are foxes, beloved by the 
neighbouring hunters ; and by the streams are some otters, 
but as these waters are shallow they are not a favourite resort 
of the otter-hunter. 

The Domestic Animals 

that graze in the Forest have some characteristics that 
give them a special interest to the observer. The Ponies 
are a peculiar local breed ; and some authorities claim for 
them an aristocratic descent from animals landed from the 
wrecked ships of the Spanish Armada. What they lack in 
speed they make up for in staying powder ; and the verderers 
are wisely adopting measures to improve the breed with a 
view to a revival of the demand that once existed for these 
tough ponies of the New Forest. The colts are collected 
in August, when the chief fairs are held ; and the sight of 
a dense, terrified band being driven by a few horsemen 
across an open space is one to be remembered. Their price 
as yearlings varies from £Z to ;^io. About three thousand 
ponies roam over the Forest. For identification their tails are 
cut in a curious ridge and furrow manner, each commoner 
having his own pattern. The marking of the ponies and 
cattle is one of the duties of four agisters or marksmen. 



THE JSTEW FOREST 143 

Like the ponies, the Cows are a breed peculiar to the dis- 
trict ; hardy, cheap in the rearing, but not profuse milk- 
yielders. Attempts have been made, although with not 
much success, to introduce a more valuable breed. The 
cows wander at will through the Forest during the summer, 
night and day, returning to their sheds for the morning and 
evening milking. 

Hogs roam over the Forest all the year round, returning to 
the stye each evening for a brief inspection of the contents 
of their troughs. Donkeys, many of them showing traces 
of Spanish descent, wander through the woodlands and over 
the heaths in bands like the ponies, but are not nearly so 
numerous. Snakes — most of them the harmless ringed 
variety — are caught in large numbers and sent to the London 
Zoological Gardens as food for the large cannibal snakes. 

Needless to say, the Forest is rich in typical EngUsh Wild 
Flowers ; while among the many fine varieties of Ferns are 
the Royal Fern, the Hart's Tongue, the Polypody, the Sweet- 
scented Fern, and the Lady Fern. 

The Forest, as might be expected, is the home of nearly 
all kinds of British Birds, and a few are believed to breed 
nowhere else. Ringdoves, plovers, rooks and golden-crested 
wrens are numerous, as are several varieties of owls, especially 
in the Stoney Cross district, not far from Rufus's Stone 
and Castle Malwood Lodge. Magpies and woodpeckers are 
frequently seen ; and in the winter swans, geese, ducks and 
other water-birds are abundant. 

To the entomologist the New Forest is a happy hunting- 
ground, for nearly every species of Butterfly and Beetle 
known in England may be found within its bounds. 

The population of the New Forest numbers between six and 
seven thousand, and ranges from local landowners to about 
seventy gipsy families. The occupations peculiar to the 
district are charcoal-burning, stripping oak bark, preparing 
firewood, and rearing ponies, donkeys, hogs and geese. 

As will be readily imagined, Campers appreciate the Forest. 
Written permission to make it their temporary abiding-place 
is freely granted in response to an application addressed to 
the Deputy Surveyor, at the King's House, Lyndhurst. 

The Antiquities of the New Forest 

include a number of sepulchral Barrows ranging from lo to 
400 yards in circumference, and from 2 to 40 feet in height. 



144 LYNDHUBST 

The largest one, Black Bar, is close to Linwood Coppice, 
about six miles south-west of Rufus's Stone. Openings 
made in these mounds have shown signs of cremated human 
remains. From a barrow on Bratley Plain, four miles south- 
west of Rufus's Stone, three Celtic urns, now in the British 
Museum, were taken ; and Mr. Wise, in his book on the New 
Forest, dates them, because of their thickness, wide mouths, 
and absence of ornamentation, as long anterior to the Roman 
invasion. 

Ancient urns containing coins have been dug up near 
Lyndhurst, " nails at Cadnam, mill stones at Studley Head, 
ancient bricks at Bentley, and iron slag at Sloden." 

There are remains in the Forest of several Roman En- 
campments, the best-preserved one being in the neighbour- 
hood of Lymington, and known as Buckland Rings ; although 
the term is a misnomer, for the shape of the camp is rect- 
angular. Near to it is a creek, up which the Romans found 
their way by boats inland. Several Roman relics, now in 
the Hartley Museum, Southampton, have been found during 
excavations in Buckland Rings. 



FOREST RAMBLES. 

Lyndhurst. 

The capital of the New Forest, as Lyndhurst is termed, 
is twenty miles from Bournemouth, the nearest station being 
Lyndhurst Road. A 'bus from the village meets the principal 
trains [see also p. 136). 

Lyndhurst is picturesquely situated in a partial clearing 
of the Forest, and there is no better centre for excursions 
in the district. The little village contains' good hotels, 
boarding-houses and several shops, and in the neighbourhood 
are many fine residences. It is quite a mistake to suppose, 
as strangers sometimes do, that, because of its situation in 
the heart of the Forest, it is primitive in any way. In the 
season hunting is a great attraction, the New Forest Hunt 
Kennels being less than two miles north of the village at 
Brocki's Hill. 

The Church, a modern building of red brick, relieved with 
courses of black and white, is in the Early English style, and 
is specially attractive to visitors because of the fresco at its 




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east end, painted by Lord Leighton. This beautiful work 
has been thus described : — 

*' The subject is illustrative of the Parable of the Ten 
Virgins. The central figure, Christ, meek and radiant in a 
white robe, has on His right the five watchful virgins in 
different attitudes, with their lamps blazing ; while on the 
left are the five negligent virgins, abashed and sorrowful, 
Vvdth their lamps extinct. Certain figures of angels are intro- 
duced to bring out the full sentiment of the design. To aid 
the perspective, the scene represented is in a species of por- 
tico, with slender pillars in the foreground. Advancing up 
the nave of the church, one is startled with the Hfe-like and 
truthful character of this marvellous wall-painting. Its 
soft richness of colouring, its beauty, its fine dra"wdng and 
grouping, rivet attention." 

Among other features of interest are the carved flowers 
on the capitals of the piers, a monument by Flaxman in the 
north transept, removed from the old church, a fine mural 
monument in the baptistery, and a small font of exceptional 
beauty. The handsome wood roof has carvings of angels 
and archangels. 

In the village there is also a fine Roman Catholic Church, 
designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield. 

Near the church is the King's House, dating from the 
days of Charles II, and the official residence of the Deputy 
Surveyor of the Forest. Attached to the house is the Ver- 
derers' Hall, where the verderers hold their court four or 
five times a year. Among the decorations of the interior — 
which may be viewed on application — are some antlers of 
stags, and an ancient stirrup, said to have been worn by 
William Rufus on his ill-fated ride through the Forest, 
Although the poet has sung — 

** And still in merry Lyndhurst Hall, 
Red Wilham's stirrup decks the wall," 

sceptics in prose venture to assert that the stirrup can claim 
no earlier date than that of Henry VIII. 

At the eastern end of Lyndhurst is one of the open spaces, 
characteristic of the Forest, kno\vn as lawns. Here are 
the Golf Links (9 holes) of the New Forest Golf Club 
(visitors, is. per round) ; and the Cricket Ground, the latter 
said to be one of the best in the country. During the War 
there was established here a military camp which included 

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146 ROUTES FROM LYNDHURST 

a school for training war-dogs. On the " lawn " is a mound, 
supposed to be an ancient barrow, surmounted by a clump 
of trees and a rustic seat. Locally the mound is called 
Bolton's Bench, from the fact that the first seat was placed 
there by Lord Bolton many years ago. The picturesque 
thatched cottages in the neighbourhood of Lyndhurst are 
among its most attractive features. 

Lyndhurst to Cadnam (3 J miles). 

Take the road running northward from about the middle 
of Lyndhurst main street. On the right is the old race- 
course, and on the left a hill named Mount Royal by George 
III during his visit to this neighbourhood, when he stayed at 
the King's House. About a mile from Lyndhurst the road 
crosses the Beanlieii River ; and a little beyond, on the left, 
are the Kennels of the New Forest Foxhounds. A mile 
farther is Brocki's Hill, commanding a pleasant view. Close 
to Cadnam, on the right and lying back from the road, is 
Bartley Lodge, for many years the home of Sir Charles Lyell. 
Cadnam, situated at the crossing of the roads from Ringwood 
to Winchester and from Salisbury to Southampton, is 
celebrated for its Oak, which is credited by tradition with 
having an untimely habit of budding on Christmas Day. 

Cadnam to Bramshaw (2 J miles). 

Leave Cadnam by the road leading westward to Salisbury, 
and one and a half miles away turn to the right at the Bell 
Inn, Brook. A mile farther on, situated partly in Hants and 
partly in Wilts, is the pleasant village of Bramshaw. The 
cruciform Church, built on a mound, as most of the Forest 
churches are, is an ancient structure said to have been 
erected in Norman times. 

Close to Bramshaw is Bramble Hill, affording fine views of 
the forest scenery and beyond to the Isle of Wight. Below 
the hill is the Shepherd's Gutter, noted for the fossils laid 
bare by the stream that washed av/ay the bed of blue clay. 

Brook to the Rufus Stone (ij miles). 

The pedestrian, or cyclist, bent on the pleasant round 
we are indicating, will return to Brook, and at the Bell Inn 
note the finger-post which points to Minstead. The road is 



RUFUS STONE— STONE Y CROSS 147 

hilly, and calls for careful riding on the part of cyclists. 
Branch ways lead off right and left, but the main road is 
wider than the others and cannot be mistaken. Just before 
reaching Rufus's Stone, which is situated in Canterton Glen, 
a turn to the right near a cluster of cottages leads towards 
the historic mark, which stands, easily seen by those who 
look for it, on the right-hand side of the path. Although the 
monument is called a stone, nothing of the original can be 
seen, for the old triangular stone is now protected by a hollow 
iron casing on which is the following inscription : — 

•* Here stood the oak tree on which an Arrow, shot by Sir Walter 
Tyrell at a stag, glanced and struck King William the Second, 
sumamed Rufus, on the breast, of which he instantly died, on the 
2nd day of August anno iioo. 

" King William II being slain, as is before related, was laid in 
a cart belonging to one Purkess, and drawn from thence to Win. 
Chester, and buried in the Cathedral Church of that city. 

"That where an event so memorable had happened might not 
be hereafter unknown, this stone was set up by Lord Delaware, 
who had seen the tree growing in this place, anno 1745. This 
stone was repaired by John Richard, Earl of Delaware, anno 1789. 

"This stone having been much mutilated, and the inscriptions 
on each of its three sides defaced, this more durable memorial, 
with the original inscriptions, was erected in the year 1841 by 
William Sturges Bourne, Warden." 

In connection with the popular tradition that the body 
of the king was taken to Winchester by a charcoal-burner 
named Purkess, it is interesting to know that there are still 
charcoal-burners bearing that name living in the locality. 
For further particulars of Tyrrell see p. no. 

A steep pathway leads from the glen to the Stoney Cross 
road, and Stoney Cross will be reached on the right after 
a few minutes' walk. It is higher in elevation than most 
parts of the Forest, and affords some fine views. Of the 
prospect from Stoney Cross, Miss Braddon wrote : — 

" Perhaps the panorama to be seen from the top of the hill 
at Stoney Cross is absolutely the finest in the Forest — a 
vast champaign stretching far away to the white walls, tiled 
roofs, and ancient Abbey Church of Romsey ; here a glimpse 
of running water, there a humble village nestling in the trees 
or basking in the broad sunshine of the common.'* 

In the neighbourhood of Rufus's Stone is Castle Malwoo4 
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148 MINSTEAD 

Vernon Harcourt. Within sight of the house is an iron gate. 
Passing through it and bearing to the left, the visitor will 
see a similar gate leading to one of the most beautiful parts 
of the Forest. Beyond this second gate the road to the 
right leads to — 

Minstead, 

a little more than a mile from Rufus's Stone. The village 
inn has for its sign a copy of " The Trusty Servant " in 
Winchester College {see p. i68). 

A few yards up the road to the right is Minstead Church, 
a thirteenth-century structure, restored, not in the best of 
taste, about loo years ago. The charm of Minstead and its 
surroundings has been well described by Howitt : — 

*' On one side are open knolls and woodlands, covered with 
majestic beeches ; on the other the most rustic cottages, 
almost buried in the midst of their orchard trees, and thatched 
as Hampshire cottages alone are — in such projecting abund- 
ance — such flowing lines. As I advanced heathery hills 
stretched away on one hand, woods came down closely and 
thickly on the other, and a winding road, beneath the shade 
of large old trees, conducted me to one of the most retired 
and peaceful of hamlets. It was Minstead." 

A continuation of the road from Castle Malwood Lodge 
leads to Lyndhurst, three miles away. It may also be reached 
by the public road, a turning to the right at the end of Manor 
Park, or by a footpath through the Park. The latter walk 
is exceedingly pretty, though rather difficult to follow ; but 
if the visitor will avoid branch paths until he is close to the 
Manor House, and then bear to the right, and to the right 
again past the stables, after two turnings to the left, he will 
reach the road leading by the little church of Emery Down 
to Ljoidhurst. 

Lyndhurst to the Rufus Stone. 

Direct Route (4 J miles.) 

The foregoing trudge is a circular one, embracing several 
features of interest. Those who wish to walk direct to Rufus's 
Stone will take the road leading north towards Cadnam, and 
turn to the left about two miles from Lyndhurst for Minstead. 
The way from thence will be readily found to Castle Malwood 
Lodge and the Rufus Stone. 




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Lyndhurst to Mark Ash (3I miles). 

Leave Lyndhurst at the upper end, and beyond the church 
turn to the right. On the left side of the road is the Swan 
Inn, and on the right, facing a green, is the prettily-situated 
residence, Northerwood Cottage. At the top of the hill is 
the little village of Emery Down, noted for its fine views over 
the surrounding country. At the New Forest Inn, a sharp 
turning to the left leads to the bridge across the Lymington 
River, and a mile beyond is the road on the left to Mark Ash, 
famous for its beeches. 

Lyndhurst to Boldrewood (3^ miles). 
Instead of turning to left beyond the Lymington River 
bridge, keep straight on for Boldrewood, one of the most 
attractive districts in the Forest. In no other part of these 
always lovely woodlands can such fine trees be seen- — mostly 
oaks and beeches of great height, and picturesque from their 
rugged, antique appearance. Among the sights of the neigh- 
bourhood are two giant oaks known as the King and Queen. 

Lyndhurst to Alum Green (2 miles). 

The road is a pleasant one and easily found. It is especially 
interesting because it is in the direction of the little hamlet 
of Bank, one of whose houses, Annesley Bank, was the Forest 
home of Miss Braddon. Alum Green, in the neighbourhood, 
is one of the many picturesque " lawns " so numerous in 
the New Forest. Those who care to walk a little farther on 
will be rewarded by the charm of the Lymington River, 
winding its way among the trees and heather to the sea at 
Lymington. 

Brockenhurst 

is about four miles due south of Lyn'dhurst, with a good train 
service from Bournemouth and Christchurch. Until quite 
lately it was a genuine forest village, but now it is almost a 
small town, and the opening of the Bournemouth direct line 
made it an important railway junction. 

It has two large residential hotels, appreciated not only 
by summer visitors, but also by those who are drawn to the 
district by the hunting in the winter. Here the golfer has 
the choice of two courses : one belongs to the Brockenhurst 



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and District Golf Club ; the other has been more recently 
constructed by the Brockenhxirst Manor Golf Club. There 
are i8 holes. 

The entrance fee for gentlemen is 4 guineas, annual subscrip- 
tion, 4 guineas. Ladies pay half the above sums. Green fee 
IS. per round. 

The village also has a flourishing Tennis and Croquet 
Club, which provides seven lawns for tennis and two for 
croquet. An open tennis tournament is held in July. 

Other attractions are provided in the Morant Hall, which 
is used for concerts, lectures and balls. For these last its 
oak-panel floor makes it particularly well-suited. During 
the War the hall was one of the four hospitals which the 
New Zealand troops had in this district, and through which 
there passed no fewer than 21,000 men. 

The Church, about ten minutes' walk from the station, is 
well worth a visit, not only for the beauty of its approach — 
down a deep lane banked by ferns — but for its interest to the 
archaeologist. Of the many churches mentioned in Domes- 
day Book, it is the only one now standing. The tower and 
spire are modern, but some parts of the edifice are supposed 
to be Saxon ; while the nave, south porch and font are un- 
doubtedly Norman. In the churchyard is a magnificent 
yew, 1 8 feet in girth. Close at hand is the beautiful Brocken- 
hurst Park, the seat of Lady Kathleen Morant. 

Three miles south of Brockenhurst is — 

Boldre, 

a village on the banks of the Lymington River. On Vicar's 
Hill, near Pilley Street, a mile east of the village, lived the 
Rev. W. Gilpin, the author of Forest Scenery, for many years 
vicar here. His monument may be seen in the Church, a 
fine old edifice, the easternmost bays of which are Norman. 
Another monument is a bust of J. Kemp, the Lymington 
representative in the Long Parliament. On the exterior 
of the building is a curious sundial. The rainspout brackets 
show the old roof pitch. Behind the organ are some curious 
floorstones, and in the adjoining wall is a scalloped piscina. 
The Church Register, which dates from 1596, contains the 
record of the poet Southey's marriage with Catherine Bowles 
— his second wife. 




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It is impossible in these pages to deal completely with 
the crowd of interests in so beautiful, so varied, and so wide 
a district as the New Forest. Of course there are special 
spots, such as Rufus's Stone, to which most visitors will be 
attracted ; but the real glory of the district will be understood 
only by the unmethodical who take for a centre such places 
as Lyndhurst or Stoney Cross, and wander without otner 
aim than that of letting the imagination be impressed by 
the wonders of wide sweeping glades, the exhilarating sweep 
of the wood- encircled heath, and the lovely hollows in which 
the crystal streams ripple over their shallow courses to the 
English Channel. 



WIMBORNE^ 

WIMBORNE is linked by motor-bus with Bourne- 
mouth. It can also be reached by rail or by elec- 
tric tram to Poole, and thence by rail. The tram terminus 
at Poole is close to the railway station. 

" A place of deep peace,'* after the gaiety and movement 
of Bournemouth, is the ancient market town of Wimborne, 
beautifully situated in the vale of the Allen (formerly called 
the Wim), a tributary of the Stour, and dignified by a Minster 
of extreme beauty and interest. The Stour itself is crossed a 
little south of the station by a picturesque stone Bridge. 
Below the bridge boats can be hired for trips up and down 
the river. Close to the bridge, too, is the lodge by which 
admission is gained to the pretty avenue of limes leading 
under the railway to Canford Manor and the model village 
(see pp. 94-5)- 

The visitor who wishes to proceed directly to the Minster 
will, however, turn rightward on reaching the main road from 
the station. The distance is about a mile. 

To-day Wimborne is an interesting little place, with its 
dignified old Square ; over a thousand years ago it was a town 
of repute, the object of many a saintly pilgrimage, the home 
of kings, and the chosen burial-place of one of the most famous 
of the early Saxon rulers. Trade, too, had its share with 
monarchs and devotees in giving importance to Wimborne, 
for^ until the reign of Charles II, the linen and cloth manu- 
facturers of the Dorset borough had more than a local fame. 
But the persecution of the Nonconformists in the time of the 
Merry Monarch drove from Wimborne her most flourishing 
traders, and the weaving industry has never since revived. 

Early in the eighth century, Cuthburga, sister of the West 
Saxon King Ina, married the King of Northumbria, and like 
Ethelreda, another Northumbrian queen, and the foundress 
of Ely Cathedral, she repented of her marriage vows and 
withdrew to the seclusion of a religious life. The nunnery 

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WIMBORNE 153 

which she founded at Wimbome quickly became famous ; 
and in the next century it was chosen as the last resting- 
place of King Ethelred, an elder brother of Alfred the Great. 
When, in Norman times, a new and grander building replaced 
Cuthburga's simple shrine, the remains of Ethelred were 
religiously preserved, and their position may be seen to-day 
beneath the central tower of the Minster. The slab that 
commemorates his burial in the Minster was placed by the 
direction of James I. 

Cuthburga's nunner^^ and church were destroyed by the 
Danes in the tenth century, and on the site was established 
by Edward the Confessor a college of secular canons, which 
existed until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. The last 
head of the college was the famous and royally descended 
Cardinal Pole, whose strong opposition to the policy of 
Henry VIII cost him home and friends, rank and power. 

Wimborne Minster. 

Admission to nave free. A charge of 6d. is made to those who are shown the 
baptistery, astronomical clock, choir, crypt and chained library. 

The architectural beauty and historical interest of Wim- 
borne Minster will well repay the journey from Bournemouth. 
The Minster was built soon after the Conquest ; and although 
since then many additions and alterations have been made, 
each successive architect has striven to preserve the main 
features of the older building. A spire originally sur- 
mounted the central tower, and its destruction in 1600 has 
thus quaintly been told by a local chronicler of the time : — 

" The choire being then full of people at tenne of clock ser- 
vice, allsoe the streets by reason of the markett, a sudden 
mist ariseing, all the spire steeple being of a verie great height, 
was strangelie cast downe, the stones battered all the lead 
and brake much of the timber of the roofe of the church, yet 
without anie hurt to the people ; which ruin is sithence com- 
mendablie repaired with the church revenues, for sacriledge 
hath not yet swept away all, being assisted by Sir John 
Hannam, a neighbour gentleman." 

This spire, it may be remarked, is shown in the corporate 
seal of the governors. 

The church is cruciform in shape, and is peculiar in having 
both a western and a lantern tower, the upper portion of which 
was restored in 191 4. High up on the north side of the 



184 WIMBORNE 

exterior of the latter is the wooden figure of a man with a 
bell on each side on which it strikes the quarters. This 
Quarter Jack^ as it is popularly known, did duty for nearly 
three centuries in the form of a clergyman ; but some years 
ago it was made to take the shape of a red-coated soldier, 
as a reward, say the local wits, for good behaviour. In the 
area on the other side of the tower is a large stone Sundial, 
dating from the seventeenth century. 

The central, or Lantern Tower, a four-storied structure of 
which the lowest is part of the original church, is built partly 
of red sandstone from Ring wood. There is a fine Norman 
arcade on its exterior, dating from near the end of the twelfth 
century. The upper storeys of the tower cannot be seen 
from the interior. 

The restoration of the choir and nave in 1855-7, when the 
plaster was stripped from the walls, and of the transepts in 
1 891, brought to light the original features of the Minster, 
and justified the inscription cut in stone over a doorway on the 
north side, " Our Holy and beautiful House where our fathers 
praised Thee.'* 

The interior of the Minster is full of interest. In the centre 
of the Baptistery at the west end, beneath the fifteenth-cen- 
tury tower, is a Norman font of Purbeck marble, and on the 
south wall is one of the Minster's many curiosities, an Astro- 
nomical Clock, constructed about 1325 by Peter Lightfoot, 
a monk of Glastonbury, the maker of a similar piece of work 
in Wells Cathedral. The clock represents, according to the 
astronomical knowledge of the fourteenth century, the sun, 
moon and stars, revolving round the earth. The sun com- 
pletes the circuit in twenty-four hours, and by its position 
marks the time. The moon revolves on its axis in a lunar 
month, and waxes and wanes by showing more or less of the 
gilt with which half its surface is covered. The clock has 
to be wound every day. 

The Nave, 
with its columns and arches, presents a picturesque example 
of the various styles of architecture, from the Norman on 
through the Transition period and the Decorated to the 
Perpendicular. Of the six arches on each side the eastern- 
most are the oldest. The next three, built about 11 80, belong 
to the Transition period, and combine the pointed arch with 
the characteristic Norman zigzag moulding. The rest of 




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the arches are of the Decorated period of the fourteenth cen- 
tury. Mention has already been made of the injury to the 
roof of the nave caused by the falHng of the spire in 1600 ; 
and the marks of the old roof left after the re-construction 
and heightening are still to be seen on the west interior face 
of the central tower. 

The North Transept is Norman as far as the turret stair- 
case leading to the lantern tower ; and the remainder, built 
in the fourteenth century to form a chantry, is in the Early 
Decorated style. In the east wall is a Norman altar recess, 
with remains of a fresco, discovered during the restoration in 
1 891 . The large four-light window on the north is peculiarly 
interesting in its portrayal of the history of Wessex; for 
Wimborne, in the time of the great Saxon struggle with the 
Danes, was one of the homes of the EngUsh kings. The 
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle says : " When Alfred died, his nephew 
seized the royal house at Wimborne, and shut himself up 
in the town, saying that he would live or die there. But when 
King Edward (Alfred's son and successor) came near, he fled 
so fast that he could not be caught." This very interesting 
window is devoted to Archbishop Dunstan, who was born at 
Glastonbury in 988. Under his effigy, represented with his 
emblem, the harp, he is pictured as rebuking King Edgar and 
being enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury. King Edward 
the Martyr figures in the next light, and in one of the panels 
below his murder at Corfe Castle is depicted. 

The South Transept, dating from 1220, corresponds in style 
with the eastern end of the church. On the south side is 
the oldest piscina in the building, of the Early English period 
and surmounted by old dog-tooth decoration. 

The Choir, 

with its aisles, is a fine example of Early English work, dat- 
ing from about 1220, the tijne of the building of Salisbury 
Cathedral. Its most beautiful feature is the east window, 
which for boldness and elegance of design has rarely been 
equalled. The misereres are quaintly carved. The elaborate 
Beaufort Monument in the Presbytery was erected to the 
memory of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, and his wife 
Margaret, the parents of the Lady Margaret mentioned below. 
The figures are of alabaster, and it will be noticed that the 
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166 WIMBORNE 

In the floor of the choir is a brass recording the burial in 
the Minster of Ethelred, brother of Alfred the Great. 

A noteworthy feature of this part of the church is the 
absence of the rail in front of the Communion table, the place 
being occupied by forms covered with linen cloths. They are 
a survival of the seats provided in olden times in monastic 
churches for the use of the aged and infirm. When the altar 
was removed at the Reformation, and the Communion table 
brought into use, the benches were placed as seats for the 
communicants. According to old custom in the Minster, the 
clerk used to go to the lectern at the end of morning service 
and say : *' All who are prepared to receive Holy Communion, 
draw near. ' ' Then those who intended to remain seated them- 
selves upon the benches, and the clergy carried to them the 
elements. Communicants now kneel in front of the linen- 
covered benches, which are retained for " old time's sake." 

Another ancient custom religiously preserved in Wimborne 
Minster is for the verger, wand of office in hand, to steal 
silently round the church during the reading of the lessons, in 
this way perpetuating the perambulations of his official 
predecessors who in olden times walked about during the 
services for the purpose of administering an arousing tap to 
any untimely sleeper. The curfew, too, is still rung, and on 
Shrove Tuesday the " pancake bell '* reminds housewives of 
their special duty. 

The North Choir Aisle, or the Chapel of St. George, is in 
the Late Decorated style, and contains a fine monument in 
memory of Sir Edmund Uvedale, who died in 1606. In 
the middle of the aisle were buried two daughters of Daniel 
Defoe, but the slab which marked their resting-place has 
disappeared. 

The South Choir Aisle, 
or the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, now used for the daily 
services, belongs to the same period. At its eastern end, 
Margaret, Countess of Richmond, mother of Henry VII, 
founded a chantry, the piscina of which can still be seen in 
the south wall. The same royal lady also founded the Gram- 
mar School in the town, which now bears the name of Queen 
Elizabeth, in recognition of her generosity in setting aside 
some of the local land revenues of the church towards the 
educational maintenance. 

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the Minster's several curiosities, generally known as " The Man 
in the Wall.'* It consists of a raised marble coffin with ela- 
borate heraldic emblazonments, enclosing the remains of 
Anthony Etricke, the first Recorder of Poole, and the magis- 
trate before whom the Duke of Monmouth was brought on 
his capture after the flight from Sedgemoor. This eccentric 
character was convinced that he should die in 1693, and caused 
a marble tomb to be made with that date inscribed in white 
figures upon it. But he lived until 1703, as may be seen to- 
day in figures of gold written over the older date. The posi- 
tion of the tomb under an arch in a niche cut into the wall is 
explained by the fact that the irate Recorder, being offended 
with the Wimbome folks, registered a vow that he would 
not be buried in their church or churchyard. His popularity, 
however, caused the townspeople to hit upon the happy idea 
of the niche in the wall, where the body might rest neither 
in the church nor its surroundings. 

In the south aisle is a large oak " dug-out " chest, un- 
doubtedly of Saxon make, and probably dating from the foun- 
dation of the original church early in the eighth century. 
It was used as a safe for the relics and holy vessels. The 
Crypt, originally the Lady Chapel, is reached by a flight of 
steps under the easternmost pier arch. 

The Library, 

approached through the vestry by a turret stair, contains 
a number of rare volumes, most of which are still chained, 
as in ancient days, to iron rods. The latter were renewed 
in 1857, but the chains remain the same as when the library 
was founded in 1686 by the Rev. William Stone, a native 
of Wimborne and a minister of its church. This and the 
similar library at Hereford Cathedral are the largest of the 
kind in the country. 

Among the many curious books are a black-letter Genevan 
Bible of 1595, commonly known as the " Breeches Bible,** 
from the curious rendering of Genesis iii. 7, and Sir Walter 
Raleigh's History of the World, a first edition of 161 4. 

Over a hundred leaves of the latter have been burnt through the 
middle ; but the holes have been so neatly mended, and the missing 
words so carefully reinserted, that careful examination is necessary 
to see the handiwork of the repairer. Both the damage and 
the mending are attributed to the poet Prior, who was bom at 
Wimbome in 1664. It is said that while bravely trying one evening 
to read the book — a task that probably not even the most enthu- 



158 WIMBORNE 

siastic student of history has ever succeeded in accomplishing — he 
fell asleep, with the result that his candle fell upon the open pages. 
To remedy the disaster he patiently filled the burnt spaces with 
fresh paper, and made with his own pen an excellent copy of the 
destroyed text. ^ Doubt of the accuracy of this interesting story is 
suggested by the'^fact that Prior left Wimbome ten or twelve years 
before the library was founded, and still more by the regularity 
of the holes, which look as if they could only have been made by a 
red-hot iron. 

The oldest book in the library is a fourteenth-century 
manuscript on vellum, written for the use of the priests, and 
entitled '* Regimen animarum." 

The visitor will do well on leaving the church to look 
westward from the end of the choir along the entire length 
of the building. He will then comprehend the charm which 
has won for Wimbome such high repute among the stately 
minsters of England. 

Adjoining the church and in keeping with it architecturally 
is the Church House, erected in 1905. 

A few yards west of the church is Queen Elizabeth's Gram- 
mar School, founded in 1496 by Margaret, Countess of Rich- 
mond, and mother of Henry VII, and endowed in 1563 by 
Queen Elizabeth. It is a fine Tudor building. Both boarders 
and day boys are received, and an excellent education on 
modern lines is given. 

In a place where there is such an air of the past, it is not 
surprising that superstition should linger, although one would 
hardly expect any form of it to have official recognition. 
Yet to gratify the popular prejudice, the authorities, when 
assigning numbers to the houses, preparatory to the census 
of 1 91 1, omitted the number 13, so that throughout the town, 
with one exception which escaped notice, the numbers 
affixed to the doors run from 12 to 14. 

While at Wimborne those who have not seen Canford 
Magna should certainly do so. Return as if for the station, 
but keep straight along the main Poole Road to the old bridge 
referred to on p. 152. The entrance to the park (pedestrians 
only) will be seen a few yards beyond. A pleasant walk along 
the shady avenue brings one in about a mile to Canford 
Manor (the seat of Lord Wimborne), with the church and 
model village of Canford Magna [see pp. 94-5) close by, 



WINCHESTER. 

MANY visitors who desire to see something of England's 
ancient capital find it convenient to break their 
journey either coming from or returning to London, but 
the greater number make it the object of an excursion from 
Bournemouth. The railway route lies first through Christ- 
church. Not long after the noble grey pile there has faded 
from view the train speeds into the borderland of the New 
Forest. Soon the prospect changes as the railway fringes the 
pleasant shores of Southampton Water ; and northwards there 
is again a variety of scenery as the River Itchen winds in 
tranquil beauty by rich meadows and fair villages. The 
upland on the left is Hursley Down, close to which is the 
village of Hursley, so long associated with the name of John 
Keble. Nearing Winchester, we notice below, on the right, 
the grand Norman Church of St. Cross {see p. 170). 

A Walk through Winchester. 

The visitor is usually instructed to enter the city by Sta- 
tion Road ?.nd Jewry Street ; but we trust the reader wdll 
favour us by turning to the right along the railed footpath 
which runs parallel with and just above the railway. This 
leads to the top of High Street, down which we turn to the 
left, and are soon able to realize that we are strolling along 
a street of exceptional interest. The massive West Gate 
marks the line of the ancient city wall. It is now fitted 
up as a Museum (open lo-i, 2-5, free), with a most interesting 
collection of civic and other relics. The contents include a 
valuable collection of weights and measures dating back to 
the time of Henry III. Among them is the Winchester 
Bushel, maide by order of Henry VII in 1485-6. From the 
battlements is obtained a splendid view of the city, especially 
of High Street. Leaving the West Gate, take the little 
turning to the right, which leads to Winchester Castle Great 
Hall (admission fre^ 930-1 «^^ 1.15-4), the sole survival 

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of the castle of William I, where hangs the veritable Round 
Table — so the old stories say — at which King Arthur sat 
with his knights. In front of the table is a notable statue 
by Alfred Gilbert, R.A. It was in this same Hall that Judge 
Jeffreys sentenced Dame Alice Lisle to death. The Assize 
Courts adjoin. 

Returning to the High Street, and passing West Gate, we 
quickly understand the reason for the fame of this ancient 
thoroughfare. There is not a really stately building in the 
whole street, but a manifest charm exists in its gables and 
low arcades, its great projecting clock and old-world shops, 
its fantastic by-roads and the graceful City Cross, with the 
surrounding houses in picturesque harmony. "Look," 
writes a literary Canon of Winchester, " at the Piazza, for- 
merly better called the Penthouses, the houses overhanging 
the street, the odd gables and barge-boards and rough ridge 
tiles, and say what Continental city has a more perfect setting 
for a piece of beautiful architecture such as this Cross." 

At the bottom of the High Street is a fine Statue of King 
Alfred — whose capital was Winchester- — placed in celebration 
of his Millenary in 190 1. A little short of the statue are 
the Public Library and School of Art, the very fine Guildhall, 
and the Abbey Park, a small but delightful retreat bordering 
the river. Visitors with sufficient time should cross the 
picturesque stone bridge over the lichen and ascend the 
stiff slope of St. Giles's Hill. From no point can Winchester 
and its surroundings be better seen. 

A turning near the foot of the hill leads in a few yards to 
the quaint Cheesehill Rectory, known as the Oldest House, 
and to the Great Western station. 

Returning to the City Cross, we find close to it an archway 
leading to one of the several stately lime avenues by which 
the Cathedral is approached. 

The Cathedral. 

Admission. — The nave can be freely seen. A fee of sixpence is charged for the 
choir, transept, Lady Chapel, crypt, etc., and an additional sixpence for 
ascending the roof and tower. 

Services daily at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. (no music on Wednesdays) ; Sundays 8, 11, 
Litany 3.15, ist, 3rd and 5th, Evensong 3.30. 

Begun by Bishop Walkelyn soon after the Norman Con- 
quest, added to in the fifteenth century by the famous founder 
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by the time of the Reformation, the Cathedral remains, in 
its gradations from pure Norman to the stately grace of the 
Perpendicular, a superb witness to the devotion and genius 
of its builders. 

Owing to the subsidence of portions of the building, exten- 
sive underpinning was found necessary, and the work was un- 
ceasinsflv pursued from i go . 5 to 1 91 2, at a cost amounting to 



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the ribs and much of the groining must be taken out and rebuilt. 
The same has happened in the nave, where the outer walls have 
spread, though not to the same extent as the eastem part, and 
great cracks separate the groining from the wall in many places.'* 

Mr. T. Jackson, R.A., the distinguished architect under 
whose direction the work was executed, thus described the 
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condition of the building at the time the task of repair was 
undertaken — *' not a day too soon to prevent a catastrophe.*' 

*' Built on a wet, compressible soil, it probably began to settle 
as soon as it was finished, and it has been gradually getting worse 
ever since. Not a single part has escaped, and it is wonderful that 
De Lucy's building (the Early English part of the choir), has re- 
mained standing. The Norman transepts, with their aisles, were 
cracked and riven in all directions, daylight in places being seen 
through the fissures, and the nave aisles and their vaults were in a 
condition almost as serious. There was nothing to be done but to 
underpin the outer walls almost everywhere, taking the footings 
down to the hard gravel bed : and the magnitude of the task was 
somewhat appalling. Never before, I imagine, has it been found 
necessary to underpin an entire cathedral, and it is unfortunate 
that this necessity should have arisen in the case of one of the largest 
in Europe, doubly unfortunate that it should be complicated by the 
difiiculty of water. 

"The difiiculty of the task has been very great, and it was 
only after many tentative efforts that we found out how to get over 
it. . . . The whole of De Lucy's building had slid eastward about 
five inches, if not more ; and had also sunk into the soft ground, 
though not equably, for, the ground being softer the farther you 
go eastwards, the eastern part sank more than the western, so that 
the courses of the wall described a curved line, lower at the eastern 
end than at the western by more than two feet. This movement 
naturally caused serious dislocation of the vaulting. The walls, 
especially on the south side, had bulged outwards, the inclination 
from the perpendicular being in one part as much as two feet in 
forty- four, and in another place an inch in a foot. The vault thus 
released by the spreading of the side walk sank, the ribs lost in many 
cases their arch construction, taking a convex line where it should 
have been concave ; the panels cracked and bulged, and the whole 
would have fallen had it not been bolted up." 

Fortunately, the work has been completely successful and 
the massive Cathedral now stands more securely than in all 
the eight centuries since Bishop Walkelyn began his work. 

Many of the beech logs which formerly supported the east- 
ward extension of the choir were found, when brought to 
the surface, to be in a remarkable state of preservation. 
Souvenirs such as caskets, crosses, paper knives, etc., made 
from the old wood, are on sale in the city and are much prized 
by visitors. The proceeds are devoted to the restoration fund. 

The Nave. 

The wonder of this mighty Church, which covers a greater 
area than any other in the land, will cast a spell over one 
who enters the nave by the west door, and sees stretching 
in long perspective the joint work of Walkelyn and William 




1. Bp. Thomas Langton's 
Chantry. 

2. Bp. Waynflete's Chantry. 

3. Cardinal Beaufort's 
Chantry. 

4. Bp. Fox's Chantry. 

5. Hardicanute. 

6. Richard, youngest son of 
William the Conqueror. 

7. Edred. 

8. Edward, eldest son of 
Alfred the Great. 

9. Edmund, son of Alfred. 

10. Canute, Rufus, etc. 

11. Bishop's Throne. 

12. Izaak Walton's Tomb. 

13. William Rufus (tradi- 
tional). 

14. Bp. Walkelyn. 

15. Jane Austen. 

16. Bp. Wykeham's Chantry. 



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164 WINCHESTER 

of Wykeham — " a vista of magnificence which, almost like 
the first sight of the sea or the Alps, impresses itself upon 
the memory for one's life." Dean Kitchin describes it as 
the finest and, perhaps, the most simple example of Perpen- 
dicular work extant ; while Mr. Ferguson, an authority on 
cathedral architecture, believes that nothing so beautiful 
can be seen in England or elsewhere. Almost all trace of 
Walkelyn's Norman work has disappeared from the nave. 

Wykeham did not destroy the Norman church, but veneered 
it with Perpendicular panels, mouldings, etc. He cut out 
the Norman arches of the triforium, and by carrying new 
work above them formed a clerestory. 

There are many interesting Monuments in the nave. On 
the north side, placed on the wall, opposite the arch west of 
the font, is a brass in memory of Jane Austen, who died at 
Winchester in 1 817 in a house we shall pass soon after leaving 
the Cathedral. Above is a memorial window, erected by 
public subscription in 1900. 

On the south side, between the fourth and fifth nave pillars 
from the west end, is Bishop Wykeham's Chantry' — one of 
the seven beautiful chantries for which this Cathedral is 
noted. They are really chapels built by bishops in their 
own lifetime as their last resting-place ; and it is an interest- 
ing tradition that on the site of his chantry it was the custom 
of Wykeham when a boy to kneel in prayer. Five bays east- 
ward is the Chantry of Bishop de Edyngton, the first prelate 
of the Order of the Garter, another of the many who made 
additions to the grandeur of the Cathedral. In the next bay 
is the tomb of Bishop Harold Browne, who in 1890 resigned 
the office he had filled with such distinction. 

The West Window is described by Ruskin in his Stones of 
Venice as " a very perfect example of English Perpendicular." 

The South Transept, entered from the choir, contains the 
magnificent cenotaph of the famous Samuel Wilberforce, 
Bishop of Winchester. It was designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, 
the effigy being carved by Mr. Armstead. The bishop was 
buried in the churchyard at Lavington, his seat in Sussex. 
Leading out of this transept is Prior Silkstone's Chapel, 
containing a slab in memory of Izaak Walton, who was 
buried there in 1683. 

The North Transept, the most purely Norman'^part of the 
whole building, contains a monumental tomb by Chantrey in 
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WINCHESTER 165 

Sir Red vers Buller, V.C., whose life-like effigy, in full dress 
uniform and great coat, lies upon a tomb of polished black 
marble. The figure is the work of an Australian artist, 
Bertram MacKennel, A.R.A. On the south side, adjoining 
the choir, in the Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre, are some 
singular frescoes of the thirteenth century. At the south- 
east comer of the transept is the modem entrance to the 
Crypt, the burial-place of many a royal person of pre-Norman 
times, whose bones have since been brought into positions of 
greater dignity adjoining the choir. 

The Choir, 
originally Norman, but rebuilt by Bishop de Lucy early in the 
thirteenth century in the beautiful Early English style then 
in vogue, is separated from the nave by a carved wood screen 
with small metal gates, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott. The 
Bishop's Throne is modern, but the pulpit dates from the end 
of the fifteenth century, and the altar rails were placed in 
the reign of Charles I. In the opinion of Mr. T. Jackson, R.A., 
" in the thirteenth-century woodwork of the choir we have 
perhaps the earliest — and certainly the most beautiful — 
stalls in Northern Europe." The Reredos, a splendid example 
of the best form of Perpendicular work, was. grievously muti- 
lated and despoiled of the figures in its niches during the 
general spoliation of architecture under Thomas Cromwell's 
direction in Henry VIII 's time. Restoration of the reredos 
by part went on from 1885, and was completed in 1897 by 
the late Canon Valpy, in memory of his wife, at a cost of 
;^2,ooo. 

The East Window, justly regarded as an example of per- 
fection in painted glass, was inserted by Bishop Fox early 
in the sixteenth century. To this prelate we also owe the 
side screens north and south of the choir. It was Bishop 
Fox who transferred from the crypt the remains of royal 
personages buried there, and had them placed in the Oak 
Chests upon the top of the side screens. Above the north 
and south screens are elaborately-gilded caskets thought to 
contain the bones of Kynegils and Kenewalch, respectively 
first founder and actual builder of the Cathedral, of Ethel- 
wulph, father of Alfred the Great, of Edward and Edmund, 
sons of King Alfred, of King Edred, grandson of Alfred ; also 
the relics of various other Saxon kings as well as of Richard, 
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166 WINCHESTER 

On the north side of the altar is a memorial of Hardi- 
canute, the last Danish King of England ; and in the middle 
of the choir a plain pyramidal stone marks the traditional 
burial-place of William Rufus, whose interment in this 
sacred spot was, in the opinion of his contemporaries, the 
cause, as a righteous judgment, of the collapse of the tower 
in 1107. 

On the southern side of the reredos is — 

Bishop Fox*s Chantry, 

built in the lifetime of its founder early in the sixteenth cen- 
tury, and regarded as the most ornate of Winchester's chan- 
tries. Fox was beloved by clergy and citizens for his sweet 
temper, admired for his wisdom, and respected for his ability 
as a ruler ; and his own foundation of Corpus Christi, Oxford, 
remains as a proof of his love for learning. The good bishop 
was blind for several years before his death, and it was his 
custom daily to be led into his chantry, there to kneel in 
prayer or listen to the singing in the choir. He died at Wol- 
vesley Palace in 1528. 

A few steps eastward, behind the choir, is — 

Cardinal Beaufort's Chantry, 

which rivals in beauty Fox's graceful resting-place. Within 
is an effigy of Beaufort, a brother of Henry IV, in his Cardi- 
nal's robes. Of him Shakespeare tells us : 

** Oft have I seen the haughty cardinal, 
More like a soldier than a man o' the church, 
As stout and proud as he were lord of all, 
Swear like a ruffian and demean himself, 
Unlike the ruler of a commonweal." 

Dean Kitchin writes of this able, ambitious and selfish 
prelate, whose last will, it must be remembered, is couched 
in terms of humility and faith : " One cannot look at his 
effigy, as it lies in his stately chantry, without noting the 
powerful and selfish characteristics of his face, and especially 
the nose, large, curved and money-loving. . . . He was 
the Rothschild of his day. More than once he lent his 
royal masters enough money to carry them through their 
expeditions." 

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only for the fame of the prelate as the founder of Magdalen 
College, Oxford. 

There are many other features of interest in the Cathedral^ 
including the Lady Chapel and the remaining chantries, but 
enough has, perhaps, been indicated for the guidance of the 
general visitor, who has yet much to see in Winchester and 
its neighbourhood during a one day's ramble through the 
old capital of Wessex. 

The Exterior. 

There is no grace, as at Salisbury, in the exterior of this 
Cathedral — so cold, stern and massive ; there is wanting the 
ornament of Lichfield, and there are no lordly towers as at 
Canterbury and York ; nor has it the high situation that 
adds to the dignity of Durham and Lincoln. It conveys 
simply an impression of rugged strength. The beauty of 
Winchester is to be seen within, not without. 

At the south of the west front is a passage called The Slype^ 
formed in a huge buttress by Bishop Curie in the seventeenth 
century so that there might no longer be any excuse for using 
the Cathedral as a thoroughfare to and from the Close. 

The Slype leads to the site of the Chapter House^ of which 
the only remains are some fine Norman entrance arches. 
On the south side of the enclosure, at the end of the line of 
building attached to the south transept, is the Deanery^ 
noteworthy features of which are the three pointed arches 
forming the doorway. Here Philip of Spain lodged on the 
eve of his marriage with Queen Mary ; and here Nell Gwynne 
was refused a lodging by Ken, of hymnal fame. Ken must 
have expected the resentment of Nell's royal lover ; but 
Charles II bore no malice, for when the bishopric of Bath 
and Wells became vacant the Merry Monarch asked, " Where 
is the good little man who refused a lodging to poor Nell ? " 
and straightway gave him the bishopric. 

At the south-west angle of the Close, almost opposite the 
Deanery, is the King's Gate, built in the thirteenth century, 
and one of the two remaining city gates. On the other side 
of the gate from the Close will be seen on the left College 
Street, a thoroughfare hardly inferior to High Street in 
interest. On the right-hand side is Jane Austen's House, a 
plain building bearing a tablet inscribed : "In this House 
Jane Austen lived her last days, and died July i8th, 1817." 
A little beyond is the entrance to — 



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Winchester College, 

founded by William of Wykeham in 1387, and dedicated to 
the Virgin Mary. The buildings are mainly around two 
quadrangles. The outer of these courts, upon which the 
gateway opens, contains some College residences ; and from 
it a second gateway gives access to the inner "quad," around 
which are the school buildings. A flight of steps leads to 
the Refectory, a hall with a fine roof of carved oak ; and on 
the same side is the Chapel, a noble pile with exquisite wooden 
fan tracery in the ceiling and beautiful windows. 

South of the chapel are the Cloisters, on which walls famous 
scholars have carved their names, among them Bishop Ken. 

In the entry of the kitchen is the curious picture of the 
Trusty Servant, a composite creature described in lines 
of which the following rendering may be of interest : — 

" A Trusty Servant's portrait would you see, 
This emblematic figure well survey ; 
The Porker's snout — not nice in diet shews ; 
The Padlock shut — no secrets he'll disclose ; 
Patient the ass — his master's wrath will bear ; 
Swiftness in errand — the stag's feet declare ; 
Loaded his left hand — apt to labour saith ; 
The Vest — his neatness ; Open hand — his faith ; 
Girt with his sword ; his shield upon his arm — ' 
Himself and Master he'll protect from harm." 

Among other places to be seen within the College is the 
ancient Chantry Chapel, the east window of which contains 
the oldest existing portrait of Wykeham. 

Lower down College Street, on the left, is — 

Wolvesley Castle, 

standing in park-like grounds, to which there is free access 
by the open gateway. The Castle, formerly the residence 
of the bishops, was built in 11 38, and contains some fine 
examples of Norman work. Here Matilda, daughter of 
Henry I, was besieged during her determined attempt to 
secure the throne bequeathed to her by her father ; and here 
the unhappy Queen Mary passed the earlier days of her 
unromantic honeymoon, after her marriage in Winchester 
Cathedral with the cold-hearted Philip of Spain. Oliver 
Cromwell turned the once stately castle into a ruin ; but 
much of interest still remains. 

Let us return to College Street. A little beyond the Castle 



ST. CROSS 169 

gateway a sharp turning to the right round a wall takes us 
to the river, by which is readily seen a footpath leading to — 

The Hospital of St. Cross, 

approached by a walk of less than a mile along the river- 
bank, or more directly by the high-road, which, under the 
name of Southgate Street, leaves the High Street between 
the City Cross and the West Gate. At the Bell Inn, on the 
high road, turn to the left. 

Founded in 1136 by Bishop Henry de Blois, brother of 
King Stephen, the Hospital of St. Cross is one of the oldest, 
quaintest and most interesting charitable institutions in the 
kingdom. Its original object was to support thirteen aged 
men, and to give a dinner daily to 100 others ; but, in 1445, 
Cardinal Beaufort added another foundation, which he named 
" The Almshouse of Noble Poverty," and erected near to the 
Church the quadrangular rows of buildings which still remain. 
In time the representatives of noble poverty, known as the 
Brethren, dispossessed the humble poor of their revenue ; 
but about the middle of the nineteenth century the Charity 
Commissioners placed both foundations under the manage- 
ment of trustees. The foundation of de Blois now has 
eighteen brethren, and Beaufort's nine. Each foundation 
also has out-pensioners. 

Passing through the outer court the visitor comes to the 
Beaufort Tower, in one of the niches of which may be seen 
a kneeling figure of the Cardinal. In this tower is the por- 
ter's lodge, where admission tickets must be obtained. 
(Open weekdays only from 9 a.m. to half an hour before sunset. 
The charges are 6d. for one person, is. for three, and from 
four to ten, i s. 6d. Special terms for larger parties. ) But other 
than tickets can be had at the lodge ; for those who care 
to insist upon the observance of a custom that has existed 
from the time of King Stephen will receive for the asking 
the Wayfarers' Dole of bread and beer, unless previous 
applicants have exhausted the day's supply, which is sufii- 
cient for about thirty persons. 

On the eastern side of the quadrangle is a sixteenth-cen- 
tury cloister and on the western side is a row of dwellings 
known as Beaufort's Houses. The dresses of the brethren on 
the original foundation of Bishop de Blois have the outward 
distinction of a long black gown with a silver cross on the 
left breast, while those on Beaufort's foundation wear a dark 



170 ST. CROSS 

red cloak and not the silver cross. On the southern side of 
the quadrangle is the Hall, a lofty room containing a min- 
strel's gallery and other interesting features, and some quaint 
old chairs and leather drinking jacks. The Kitchen, with 
its fine array of pewter and old-time roasting-spit, should also 
be seen, though it is no longer in use. 
The greater part of — 

The Church 

was built by Bishop de Blois in the twelfth century. Care- 
fully restored by Butterfield, it remains one of the finest 
examples in existence of Transition Norman. It is a cruci- 
form structure with a low massive square tower in the centre. 
The western part of the nave, which is Early English, is re- 
markable for the massiveness of the pillars, while the chancel 
is notable for its rich interlaced arcading. As St. Cross 
stands in the parish of St. Faith the North Chapel has been 
fitted for service, as a memorial of parishioners who fell in 
the Great War. 

The nearest way back to Winchester, for those about to 
travel by train, is by the main road. 

Needless to say, there is much more to be seen in Winches- 
ter than the few special features described in these pages : 
nor is it without some patriotic shame that we return to 
Bournemouth without finding our way along Hyde Street to 
the scanty remains of Hyde Abbey, the last resting-place of 
Alfred the Great, his queen Elswitha, and his son King 
Edward the Elder. The only portion standing is a fourteenth- 
century gateway, now forming an entrance to the Public 
Recreation Ground. 

Winchester is one of the English cities with which the 
Great War led many men from over the seas to become 
familiar. In its vicinity were several camps, mainly occupied 
by Americans (of whom 700,000 passed through), Canadians 
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ABOUT four miles south-east of Beaulieu Road Station 
on the Southampton railway route, and at the head 
of the estuary of the Beaulieu River, lie the prettily-situated 
remains of the Cistercian Abbey of Beaulieu, founded by 
King J ohn in 1 20 4 . It is the only religious building connected 
with the name of a monarch to whom not much of holiness 
has ever been credited ; and legends say that it was the 
terrifying influence exercised by a dream of the last Judg- 
ment that led to John's solitary benefaction to religious work. 
Parts of the stone wall which originally surrounded the 
grounds are still to be seen, heavily mantled with ivy ; and 
enough was left of the Abbey buildings at their destruction 
during the period of the Dissolution to give some idea now 
of their grandeur and extent. Among the interesting features 
are the Abbot's apartments, now modernized and forming the 
residence of Lord Montagu ; the Dormitory of the lay-brothers, 
a large apartment, now called the Domus, converted in 1909 
into a dining-room and ball-room ; and some beautiful arches 
that formed part of the cloisters. These latter have been 
opened out and restored by the present owner in memory 
of his father, who, with his wife, was buried beneath the 
shade of the ruin he loved so well and preserved with such 
care. The monks' Refectory, a plain stone building, with 
solid buttresses and a curiously raftered oak roof, now 
serves as the Parish Church, the original building having 
been entirely pulled down at the Dissolution, and the material 
carted away to be used in the erection of Hurst Castle. It 
will be noticed that the building runs north and south, 
instead of east and west. The most interesting feature 
of the church is the stone pulpit, with Early English arcaded 
staircase, projecting from the wall ; it was used by the 
brother whose duty it was to read to the assembled brothers 
at meal times. At the south end of the church is Sykes's 
tryptych depicting the Crucifixion. The church may be 

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172 BEAULIEU 

freely seen, but a fee of sixpence is charged to see the lay 
brothers' dorter, the cloisters, and other parts of the ancient 
Abbey. 

Sanctuary at Beaulieu. 

The Abbey possessed the privilege of Sanctuary. Among 
those who sought its protection were Margaret of Anjou, 
Queen of Henry VI ; the Countess of Warwick, who was 
fourteen years in sanctuary ; and Perkin Warbeck, at the 
end of his ill-starred attempt to be recognized as the heir 
to the House of York. 

Whilst at Beaulieu Queen Margaret was visited by Edmund, 
Earl of Somerset, Courtenay, Earl of Devonshire, and other lords. 
When they had decided to raise forces to fight the Yorkist King 
Edward once more, Margaret quitted her refuge and proceeded to 
Bath. In the same year the Battle of Tewkesbury was fought. 
It wiU be remembered that the Lancastrians were routed, the Earl 
of Devonshire fell on the field, the Earl of Somerset was speedily 
beheaded as a traitor and Queen Margaret was sent to the Tower, 
where she remained until ransomed after four years of captivity. 

The foundations of the ancient Abbey Church have been 
completely traced and marked. During some excavations 
beneath the site of the choir remains of a female, encased 
in lead, were found in front of the high altar. No doubt 
exists that the body was that of Isabella, wife of Richard, 
Earl of Cornwall, known to fame as King of the Romans. 
She was buried at Beaulieu in stately funeral in 1293. 

A spacious meadow adjoining the foundations of the Abbey 
Church still bears the name of The Vineyard, and about eighty 
yards north of the church are remains of the old winepress. 

At Beaulieu, also, are some ruins of a Hospital of Knights 
Templar, of even earlier foundation than the Abbey, but 
now used as farm buildings. 

When the Abbey suffered with similar institutions at the 
Dissolution of the Monasteries, the Manor was sold to Thomas 
Wriothesley, afterwards Earl of Southampton. In the reign 
of William III it passed into the possession of Lord Montagu 
by marriage ; while another marriage carried it into the 
Buccleuch family. In 1884, it was settled by the Duke on 
his second son, who was created Baron Montagu in 1887. 
The present owner is the second Lord Montagu. It vdll be 
remembered that Beaulieu Abbey figures in the opening 
chapters of Sir Conan Doyle's The White Company. 
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INDEX 

Where more than one reference is given, the first is the principal. 



AgglestonEjThe, 8i 
Allen River, 152 
Alum Green, 149 
Angling, 25-27, 112 
Annesley Bank, 149, 

98 
Ame, 103 

Austen, Jane, 164,167 
Avon Valley, The, 

108-14 
Avon Village, no 

Bank, 149 
B aimer Lawn, 31 
Bartley Lodge, 146 
Barton-on-Sea, 126 
Bath, 98, II 
Beaulieu Abbey, 171- 

172, 99 
Beaulieu River, 142, 

146 
Bemerton, 132 
Bindon Abbey, 10 1 
Bisteme Park, no 
Black Bar, 144 
Blackwater Ferry, 84, 

96 
Blandford, 97, 102 
Boldre, 150 
Boldrewood, 149, 140, 

98 
Bolton's Bench, 146 
Bonchurch, 91 
BoscoiBbe, 64-67, 35 
Arcade, 66, 17 
Carnarvon Cres- 
cent Gardens, 66 
Chine G-ardens, 65- 

66,28, 54 
Christchurch Road, 

65, 67, 57, 55 
Churches and 

Chapels, 72-7, 
54, 55, 56, 66, 
21-23 
Services, 21-23 
Cliff Gardens, 66,28 
Derby Road, 67 
East Cliff Road, 67 
Fisherman's Walk, 

66 
Gervis Road, 67 
Grove Road, 67 
Hippodrome, 66, 36 
Hospital, 66, 19 
King's Park, 62, 28 



Boscombe (contd.) — 
Knyveton Gardens, 

67,28 
Manor, 66 
Manor Road, 67 
Owls Road, 67 
Pier, 65, 34 
Public Library, 66 
Queen's Park, 61, 

28, 29, 57 
Railway Station,35 
Sea Road, 66 
Bournemouth, 38-77, 

II 
Access, 10, 17 
Accommodation, 

12-13 
Aerodrome, 18 
Albert Road, 55 
Alum Chine, 54,28, 

71 
Angling, 25-27, 23, 

112 
Arcades, 17, 55 
Art Gallery, 57 
Avenue, The, 80 
Aviation, 18 
Band Perform- 
ances, 33-34, 63, 

65 
Banks, 18 
Bathing, 18 
Bath Road, 57 
B eaconsfieldRoom, 

57 
Boating, 19-20, 23 
Bourne Avenue, 55 
Bowls, 20, 28, 60, 

62 
Branksome Chine, 

80, 28, 54, 95 
Branksome Wood 

Road, 55 
Bungalows, 51-52 
Cab Fares, 20-21 
Cemetery, 55 
Central Public Li- 
brary, 56, 31 
Central Station,5o, 

35, 57 
Chamber of Trade, 

24 
Chess, 24 
Chines, 53-54 
Christchurch Road, 

55, 57, 65, 67 
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{continued) — 
Churches and 

Chapels, 72- 
77, 54, 55, 56, 
66 

Services, 21-23 
Clifi and Sands, 35 
CUmate, 41-43, 23 
Clubs, 23-24 
Coach and Motor 

Trips, 24, 94-98 
Commercial Rd.,54 
Concerts, 33, 63, 28 
Constitution Hill, 

103 
Coimty Gates, 80 
Coy Pond, 60 
Cricket, 24, 23, 56, 

60, 61, 145 
Croquet, 25 
Cycle Routes from 
Bournemouth, 
99-102 
To Bournemouth, 
10-12 
Dean Park, 61, 56, 

28 
Distances from 

Boumemouth,2 5 
Double Dykes, 70 
Drives, 94-98, 24 
Durley Chine, 53- 

54 
East Cliff Drive, 

52, 65 
East Clifi Hall, 57 
East CUff Road, 67 
East Undercliff 

Drive, 51 
Excmrsions by 

Road from 

Bournemouth, 

94-98 
Exeter Lane, 54 
Exeter Road, 54 
Fishing, 25-27, 112 
Football Ground, 

60 
Forest House, 57 
Gardens and Parks, 

58-63, 27-28 
Geological Note, 

48-49 
Gervis Arcade, 55, 

17 



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INDEX 



Bournemouth 
(continued) — 
Gervis Place, 55 
Gervis Road, 57, 67 
Golf, 28-31, 23, 60, 

145, 149-150 
Grove Road, 57, 67 
Holdenhurst Road, 

57,83 
Home Sanatorium, 

70 
History, 38-39 
Horseshoe Com- 
mon, 61, 56, 28 
Hotels and Tariffs, 

13-16 
Hunting, 31 
Joseph's Steps, 53 
King's Park, 62, 28 
Kny veton Gardens, 

28,67 
Lansdowne, 5^-57 
Lansdowne Rd., 57 
Libraries, 31, 56 
Lifts, 32, 51, 52 
Literary Associa- 
tions, 44-47 
Literature and Art 

Association, 24 
Little Durley 

Chine, 53 
Local Government, 

32 
Lower Gardens, 

58-59 
Manor Road, 57 
Medical Opinion, 

42-43 
Meyrick Park, 60, 

28 
Meyrick Road, 57 
Middle Chine, 54 
Motor- 'Buses, 33 
Motor Routes from 
Bournemouth, 
99-102 

To Bourne- 

mouth, 10-12 
Motor Trips, 33, 

94-98 
Municipal College, 

56 
Municipal Offices, 

55 
Museum, 57 
Music, 33-34, 63 
Natural Science 

Society, 24 



Bournemouth 
(continued) — 
Newspapers, 34 
Old Christchurch 

Road, 55 
Parks, 58-63,27-28 
Picture Palaces, 37 
Piers, 52-53, 34 
Pine Trees, 40-41 
Pine Walk, 59, 28 
Places of Worship, 
72-77, 54, 55, 
56,66 
Services, 21-23 
Pleasure Gardens, 

58-59, 27-28 
Poole Road, 55 
Population, 34 
Postal Arrange- 
ments, 34-35 
Post Office, 55 
Post Office Arcade, 

17, 55 
Post Office Rd., 55 
Preliminary Infor- 
mation, 17-37 
Promenade, 51 
Queen's Park, 61, 

28, 29, 57 
Rail Motors, 35 
Railway Excur- 
sions, 35 
Railway Routes, 10 
Railway Stations, 

35 
Rainfall, 43 
Reading Rooms, 

31, 62 
Residential 

Bournemouth, 

43-44 
Richmond Hill, 55 
Road Routes, 1 0-12 
Rotary Club, 23 
Rowing, 24 
Royal National 

Sanatorium, 55 
Royal Victoria 

Hospital, 66 
St. Ambrose's Hall, 

36 
St. Peter's Hall, 36 
Sands and Cliffs, 3 5 
School of Art, 56 
School of Com- 
merce, 56 
School of Domestic 
Subjects, 56 



Bournemouth 
(continued) — 
School of Science 
and Techno- 
logy, 56 
Sea- Front, 50-52 
Sea Trips, 85-93,36 
Secondary School 

for Girls, 56 
Situation, 17 
Skating Rink, 37 
Soil, 43 

Square, The, 54 
Steamboat Excur- 
sions, 85-93, 36 
Sunshine, 43 
Suspension Bridge, 

54 
Swimming, 23 
Talbot Woods, 78- 

79, 61, 28 
Tennis, 36, 24, 28, 

60, 62 
Theatres, etc., 36- 

37, 55 
Tramways, 37 
Tregonwell, Lewis 

D.G.,38 
Undercliff Drive, 

51 
Upper Gardens, 60 
Walks, 78-84 
Water Chine, 53 
Water Supply, 43 
Westbourae Ar- 

cade I 7 
West Cliff Drive, 52 
Westover Road, 55 
West Station, 50,35 
Wimbome Rd., 55 
Winter Gardens, 

62-3,28,33-4,54 
Winton Recreation 

Ground, 28, 62, 

79 

Yachtmg, 37 

YelvertonRoad,55 

Y.M.C.A., 24 

Y.W.C.A., 24 
Bramble Hill, 146 
Bramshaw, 146 
Branksea Island, 

103-104 
Branksome Chine, 

80, 28, 54, 95 
Brighton, to, 93 
Britford, loi 
Broadstone Heath,3i 



INDEX 



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Brockenhurst, i49~5o 
Brocki's Hill, 146 
Brook, 146 
Brownsea Island, 

103-104 
Buckland Rings, 144, 

96 
Burton, 108-109 

Cadnam, 146, 100 
Canford Cliffs, 80, 95 
Canford Magna, 94, 

95, 102, 158 
Canford Manor, 94, 

95, 158 
Carisbrooke Castle, 90 
Castle Malwood 

Lodge, 147, 98 
Cheddar, 98 
Cherbourg to, 93 
Chesil Beach, 93 
Christchurch, 115-26, 

82, 94, 99, II 
Constable's House, 

125 
Fishing, 25-27 
Hart Natural His- 
tory Museum, 

125-126 
Norman Castle,i25 
Priory Church, 

116-125 
Wick Ferry, 19, 82 
Coach Drives', 94-98 
Common Rights, 136- 

137, 29 
Corfe Castle, 88-89, 

97, loi 
County Gates, 80 
Cowes, 89-90 
Crockford Bridge, 99 

Dartmouth, to, 93 
Dickens's Birthplace, 

92 
Do\^^lton, 99, 12 
Downton Wick, loi 
Durlston Head, 87 

East Lulworth, 102 
East Stoke, loi, 102 
Ellingham, 11 3-1 14 
Emery Down, 148 
Ensbury, 102 
Exe River, 142, 146 

Farnham, 102, 
Fern Barrow, 79 
Fisherman's Walk,66 



Fishing, 25-27, 112 
Flag Head Chine, 80 
Fordingbridge,ioi,i2 
Furzey Island, 104 

Geological Note, 

48-49 
Globe, The Swanage, 

87 
Golf Links, 28-31, 

23, 107, 60, 145, 

149-150 
Gosport, 100 
Green Island, 104 

Hamworthy, 106 
Ham worthy Bridge, 

lOI 

Handfast Point, 86 
Hengistbury Head, 

82, 70 
Heme, 83 
Heron Court, 83 
Herston, 102 
Highclifie Castle, 96 
Holdenhurst, 83, 57 
Horton, 102 
Hotels and Tariffs, 

13-16 
Hunting, 31 
Hursley, 159, n 
Hurst Castle, 97 

Iford Bridge, 83, 19 
Isle of Purbeck, 86 
Isle of Wight, 89-91 

Keble, John, 73,159 
Kinson Church, 84 
Knightwood, 140 

Lisle, Dame Alice, 

113 
Lulworth Castle, 92 
Long Island, 104 
Lulworth Cove, 92, 

102 
L^Ttiington, 96, 99 
Lymington River,i4i 
Lyndhurst, 144-146, 

98, 99, II 
Routes from, 146- 

149 
L>Tidhurst Road 

Station, 136 
Lytchett Gate, loi 

Mark Ash, 140, 149 
Milford-on-Sea, 97, 

126 
Milton, 99 



Minstead, 148 
Monmouth's House, 

III 
Moor down, 102 
Motoring in New 

Forest, 136-137 
Motor Routes to 
Bournemouth, 
10-12 
From Bourne- 

mouth, 99-102 
Motor Trips, 33,94-98 
Mount Royal, 146 
Moyles Court, 113 
Mudeford, 82, 25-27 
" Musical Sands,'* 

Studland, 81 
Muscliff, 83 

Nautical School, 

106 
New Forest, 13 6-1 51, 
98 
Alum Green, 149 
Animals, 142-143 
Annesley Bank, 

149, 98 
Antiquities, 143- 

144 
Area, 140 
Bank, 149 
Barrows, 143 
Bartley Lodge, 146 
Beaulieu (or Exe) 

River, 142, 146 
Birds, 143 
Black Bar, 144 
Boldre, 150 
Boldrewood, 149, 

140, 98 
Bolton's Bench,i46 
Bramble Hill, 146 
Bramshaw, 146 
Brockenhurst, 149- 

150 
Brocki's Hill, 146 
Brook, 146 
Butterflies, 143 
Cadnam, 146 
Castle Malwood 

Lodge, 147, 98 
Characteristics, 

I 40-1 41 
Common Rights, 

13^137, 29 
Cows, 143 
Cricket Ground,i45 
Donkeys, 143 



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New Forest {contd.) — 
Emery Down, 148, 

149 
Ferns, 143 
Flowers, Wild, 143 
Forest Laws, 138- 

139 . , 
Golf Links, 145, 

149-150 
Historical, 137-39 
Hogs, 143 
King's House, 145 
Knightwood, 140 
Literary Associa- 
tions, 45-46, 141 
Lodge, 98 
Lymington, 96, 99 
Lyndhurst, 144- 
146, 98, 99, II 
Mark Ash, 140, 149 
Minstead, 148 
Mount Royal, 146 
Morant Hall, 150 
Ponies, 142 
Population, 142 
Rambles, 1 44-1 51 
Reptiles, 143 
Ringwood, 11 1- 

112, 96, 98, 27 
Roman Encamp- 
ments, 144 
Rufus' Stone, 147, 

98, 148 
Sloden Enclosure, 

140 
Snakes, 143 
Stoney Cross, 147 
Streams, 1 41-142 
Trees, 140 
Verderers* Court, 

136-139 
Verderers' Hall, 145 
Nine Barrow Down, 
86 

Old Harry Rocks, 

86 
Old Sarum, 127 
Osborne, Isle of 

Wight, 90 
Ower, 100, 103, II 

Panorama Beach, 80 
Parkstone, 106-107 
Pokesdown, 70, 35 
Poole and the Har- 
bour, 103-106, 
101,20,86,93,95 



INDEX 

Poole Park, 106, 98 
Portsmouth, 91-92, 

100 
Preston, 102 
Purbeck Marble, 86 

Railway Routes, 10 

Redhill Ferry, 84 

Rhododendron Plan- 
tation, 96, 83 

Ringwood, 111-112, 
27, 96, 98, 100, 
102, 12 

Roman Encamp- 
ments, 144 

Romsey Abbey, 133- 
135, 98, 100, II 

Round Island, 104 

Rufus' Stone, 147, 
98, 148 

Russel Quay, 103 

Ryde, 89 

St. Catherine's 

Hill, 109 
Salisbmry, 127-132, 

98, loi, 12 
Sand Hills, 70 
Sandown, 91 
Sea Trips, 85-93 
Shaftesbury, 102 
Shag's Heath, 112 
Shanklin, 91 
Sheepwash, The, 69 
Sloden Enclosure, 140 
Somerley Park, 114 
Sopley, 109-110, 100 
Southampton, 92, 98, 

99-100 
Southboume, 68-70 
South Haven, 105 
Southsea, 91-92 
Staple Cross, 108, 100 
Stoborough, loi 
Stonehenge, 98 
Stoney Cross, 147 
Stourpaine, 102 
Stour River and Val- 
ley, 83, 19, 69, 
95, 114, 152 
Stubbington, 100 
Studland, 81, 86, 87 
Swanage, 85-87, loi- 
102 

Talbot Village, 79 
Talbot Woods, 78- 
79, 61, 28 



Throop, 83 
Tichbome Estate, 98 
Tilly Whim Caves, 

87-88 
Titchfield, 100 
ToUard Royal, 102 
Torquay, to, 93 
Totland Bay, 89 
Totton, 100 
Tuckton Bridge, 82 
Tuckton Creek, 19 
Tyrrell's Ford, no 

Ventnor, 90-91 

Walks from 

Bournemouth, 
78-84 
Warmwell Cross, 102 
Wareham, 97, loi 
Westboume, 71 
West Holme, 102 
West Parley, 84 
Weymouth, 93, 102 
Wick Ferry, 19, 82 
Wilton, 132 
Wimborne, 152-158, 

102, 95 
Wimborne Minster, 

153-157, 94 
Winchester, 159-170, 
98, 100, II 
Austen, Jane, 167, 

164 
Cathedral, 160-67 
City Cross, 160 
College, 168 
College Street, 167 
Deanery, 167 
Great Hall, 159 
High Street, 160 
Hyde Abbey, 170 
King's Gate, 167 
King Alfred Statue, 

160 

Oldest House, 160 

St. Cross Church 

and Hospital, 169 

" Trusty Servant," 

The, 168 
West Gate, i59 
Wolvesley Castle, 
168-169 
Winfrith, 102 4 

Winton, 79, 62, 28, 

102 
Wool, 97, loi, 102 
Wyche, 103 



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COUNTRY RAMBLES 

AMID THE 

''LOVELY KENT & SURREY 



HILLS. 



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By "Wayside and Woodland ; Field-i^path Rambles 
over Turf-'clad Do^wns and Heethei*y Commons. 

An interesting little booklet, "The Surrey Hills," forwarded (post 
free 1^.) from 'B,' Publicity Department, Southern Railway (L.B. (Si 
S.C. Section), London Bridge Station, S.E.i. 

"SILVERY THAMES" VALLEY 

Delectable Paths in Delectable Scenes. 

For full details write 'B,' Publicity Department, Southern Railway 
(L. & S.W. Section), Waterioo Station, S.E.i. 

EAST <fe WEST SUSSEX. 

Wanderings through quiet lanes and pic- 
turesque villages, with wooded scenery and 
distant views from the uplands. 

A convenient booklet, describing eighteen walks in Sussex, post free 
from 'B,' Publicity Department, Southern Railway (L.B. & S.C. 
Section). London Bridge Station.. S.E.i. 

THE GLORIOUS SOUTH 
DOWNS. 

Wonderful rambles among woodlands and 
flowers, little villages and quiet towns, mighty 
earthworks and quaint churches. 

An artistically printed and illustrated booklet giving practical hints 
as to the best and easiest ways of reaching the most interesting places, 
the finest view points, and of exploring the recesses from appropriate 
centres. BY THE TRAMP. Post free 1/6, from 'B,' Publicity 
Department, Southern Railway (L.B. & S.C. Section), London Bridge 
Station, S.E.i. 

CHEAP RETURN TICKETS 

are issued on certain days from London and 
Suburban Stations. 



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SOUTHERN RAILWAY 



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"HINTS FOR HOLIDAYS' 

ALL THE YEAR ROUND. 



Illustrated Official Guide to the charming Seaside 
and Inland Resorts in Devon, Cornwall, the 
Sunny South, containing Maps of each District, 
and Lists of Hotels, Boarding Houses, Apart- 
including the following places — - 



ments, &c., 
Bournemouth 
Swanage 
Weymouth 
New Forest 
Isle of Wight 
Lee-on-Solent 
Southsea 
Sidmouth 
Seaton 



Sudlaigh-Salterton 

Exmouth 

Lyme Regis 

Dartmoor 

llfracombe 

Bideford 

Barnstaple 

Torrington 

Lynton 



Exeter 

Plymouth 

Bude 

Boscastle 

Tintagel 

Launceston 

Camelford 

Padstow 

Channel islands 



To obtain copy send 3d. stamps to Publicity 
Dept., Southern Railway, L. & S. W. Section, 
• Waterloo Station, London, S.E.i. 



ELECTRBC SERVICES 

now running between WATERLOO, 

PUTNEY, BARNES, EOUNSLOW, RICHMOND, WIMEIEDON, 
KINGSTON, SHEPPERTON, SURBITON, HAMPTON COURT, 



and other Residential Places in 
SURREY AND THE THArVJES 



VALLEY. 



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For full particulars of Train Services, etc., to the above and also districts in 
Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hants, Wilts, Berks, Bucks, Dorset, Somerset, Devon 
and Cornwall served by the Southern Railway, apply Supt. of the T-ine^ 
Southern Railway (L. &S. W. Section), Waterloo Station, London, S.E. 



Railway Routes 



SOUTHERN 
RAILWAY 



H OLIDA YS 

on the 

CONTINENT 

at all Seasons. 



WHEN? 


WHERE ? 


January - 


- Swiis Winter Resorts. 


February - 


" Mediterran3an. 


March - - 


- Italian Riviera, Dalmatia. 


April " " 


' Dutch Bulb Fields. 


May - - 


Cote d' Argent. 


June " - 


' Swiss and halian Lakes. 


July ' - 


Picardy, Normandy, Brit' 




tany and Belgian Coast. 


August - - 


' Swiss Mountain Resorts. 


September 


Dolomites. 


October - 


- Spain and Portugal. 


November 


- Italy. 


December 


" Riviera. 





V/hen in dcuht 

ASK 

THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY 



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- Brudenell Hotel 

- Fife Arms Hotel 
Imperial Hotel 

- Bungalow Hotel 

Queen's Hotel 
Royal Albion Hotel 

- - Royal Hotel 
Nayland Rock Hotel 

- - Yelf s Hotel 
Tring - - Rose & Crown Hotel 
Ventnor, LW. - - Royal Hotel 

These are some of the larger of over lOO 
Hotels and Inns controlled by Trust 
Houses Ltd.^ many in Holiday centres^ 
and all at a reasonable tariff. Send 
for a full list to " Q," Trust Houses 
Ltd,^ Shorfs Gardens^ London^ W.C.2. 
Tel. 8844 Gerrard. 



Aldeburgh - 
Banff, N.B. - 
Barnstaple - 
Birchington- 
Bridge of 

Allan 
Broadstairs - 
Inverness - 
Margate 
Ryde, LW. - 





Hotel, 
Hydropathic 
Establishment 

and 

Boarding House 
Directory. 





Index 



INDEX 





PAGE 




PAGE 


Aberystwyth ... 


... 14 


Clovelly 


... 23 


Aldeburgh 


10 


Colwyn Bay ... 


... 25 


Ambleside 


... 14 


Cromer ... 


... 26 


Banff, N.B. ... 


10 


Dartmoor 


... 26 


Barmouth 


14. 15 


Devil's Bridge... 


... 14 


Barnstaple 


... 10 


Douglas 


... 26 


Bath 


... 15 


Droitwich 


26,27 


Belfast 


... 15 


Dulverton 


27, 28 


Bettws-y-coed ... 


... 15 


Eastbourne 


... 28 


Bexhill 


... 16 


Edinburgh 


... 29 


Birchington 


10 










Enghsh Lakes 14, 


17, 31,37, 


Blackpool 


... 16 




38,70 


Bognor 


... 16 


Exmouth 


... 29 


Bournemouth ... 


16, 17 










P'almouth 


29, 30 


Bowness-on-Winder- 












Felixstowe 


... 30 


mere 


... 17 






Bridge of Allan 


... 10 


Folkestone 


30. 31 


Bridlington 


... 17 


Freshwater Bay 


... 31 






Gloucester 


... 31 


Brighton 


17, 18 


Gorleston 


... 31 


Broadstairs 


10 










Grasmere 


... 31 


Bude 


18, 19 










Harrogate 


32. 33 


Budleigh Salterton 


... 19 


Hastings 


33, 34 


Buxton 19, 20, 21, 22 


,23,24 


Heme Bay 


... 34 


Cheltenham 


... 24 


Hunstanton 


... 34 


Clevedon 


M> 25 


Ilfracombe 34, 


35, 36, 37 



Index 



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PAGE 




PAGE 


Inverness 


10 


Ramsey, I.M. ... 


... 53 


Isle of Man ... 26, 


52, 53 


Ramsgate 


... 53 


Isle of Wight 31, 54 


55> 69 


Rhos-on-Sea 


... 25 


Keswick... 


37,38 


Rhyl 


... 53 


Leamington ... 


... 38 


Ryde 


... 10 


Littlehampton 


... 39 


St. Ives 


... 54 


Llandrindod Wells 


... 39 


St. Leonards ... 


33, 54 


Llandudno ... 39, 


40, 41 


Sandown 


... 54 


London 


... 41 


Scarborough 


54> 55 


Lowestoft 


... 41 


Seaton 


... 55 


Lymington 


... 41 


Shanklin 


... 55 


Lyndhurst 


... 42 


Sheringham 


... 55 


Lynmouth 


42, 43 


Sidmouth ... 55 


56, 57 


Lynton 43 


44, 45 


Southampton ... 


.-. 57 


Malvern 


45, 46 


Southport 


... 57 


Margate 


10, 46 


Southsea 


... 57 


Matlock 


... 47 


Stratford-on-Avon 57,58,71 


Minehead 


... 48 


Symcnds Yat ... 


... 58 


Monmouth 


... 47 


Teignmouth 


... 58 


Mortehoe 


48,71 


Tenby ... 


... 58 


MulHon 


... 49 


Torquay 59, 60, 61, 


62, 63, 


New Forest 


41, 42 


64, 65, 66, 67, 


68, 69 


Newquay 


49, 50 


Ventnor 


10, 69 


Norwich 


... 51 










Weston-super-Mare 


... 69 


Overstrand 


... 26 










Westward Ho ! 


... 69 


Oxford 


... 51 






Paignton 


C2 


Weymouth 


... 70 


Penzance 


... 52 


W^haley Bridge 


... 26 


Plymouth 


... 52 


Windermere ... 


70 


Port Erin 


52, 53 


Woolacombe .,. 


... 71 


Portree 


... 53 


Worcester 


... 71 


Princetown 


... 26 


Worthing 


... 71 



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Aberystwyth — Ambleside — Barmouth 



DEVIL'S BRIDGE, 



Nr. Aberystwyth. " One of the most remark- 
able localities in the world." — George Borrow. 
The HOTEL — Personally Managed by the Proprietor and his Wife — 
is well-appointed and most comfortable. OfiEicially appointed by the 
R A.C., A.A., &c. The famous Old Bridge.and the Magnificent Water- 
falls immortalised by Wordsworth, are in Hotel Giounds, and the 
Views from the Windows are exceedingly Beautiful. 
Tels., "Hotel, Devirs-Bridge." 'Phone DeviFs Bridge 2. 

Ambleside-QUEEN'S HOTEL 

Entirely under New Management. First-class Family, Tourist and 
Commercial. Every Comfort. Ex. Cuisine & Courteous Service. 
Elec. Light Throughout. Mod. Tariff. Garage. Appntd. A.A. &M.U. 
Tel. 13. Mr. & Mrs. J. E. SAVAGE, Resident Proprietors. 

(Late of Waterhead Hotel, Ambleside.) 

AMBLESIDE.— FIRST-CLASS. Under New Management^ 
'Phone 7. Coaches and Motor Tours. 

Appointed R-A.C, — 

A.A.,M.u. T^^t 1 O r< "~ ^ Bus meets 

"(J tV^^^— ^-"^ Trains, L. &N. W. Rly. 

' ^ ' & Steamers. Also WHITE LION HOTEL. 

'Phone 14. Proprietor?— M. E. & L. FEIRN. 



SAji] 



;eiiienD. ^■^— - — 



AM6L£SIDE, English Lakes-DiXON'S WANSFELL 

TnWFR PRIVATE HOTEL.— Most Central for Visitors and 
■ U If tn Tourists. Coaching. Chmbing. Boating and Fish- 
ing. Motoring. Electric Light Throughout. Every Comfort. 
Moderate and Inclusive Terms. Listed Hotel for A.C.U. and 
C.T.C. 'Phone 95. Miss DIXON, Proprietress. 

Ambleside, Rydal Water-Glen Rothay 

PRIVATE HOTEL. In Own Grounds. Overlooking Rydal Water. 
Gem of Lake District. Adjoins property of late Poet Words- 
worth. Elec. Light. Lounge & Smoke Room. Baths (H. & C.). 
Dark Room. Boating, Fishing, Bathing. Coaches meet Trains 
and Steamers and pass the Hotel. 'Phone Ambleside 43. 
Appointed R.A.C. & A.A. S. E. BEVAN, Proprietor. 

Ambleside WATE»EDOE HOTEL 

(Unlicensed). — Old-established. Own Grounds with Lawn ex- 
tending to edge of Windermere Lake. Pte. Boat Landing. Elec. 
Light Throughout. Afternoon Teas Served on Lawn. Car for 
Hire. Parties Catered For. 'Phone 32. 
Mr. &: Mrs. A. H. TYSON, Resident Proprietors. 

-Garage for 25 Cars. Cen- 
tral. Coaching. Climbing. 
Fishing. Golf. Excellent Cuisine. Parties Catered for. 

'Phone 58. CARS FOR HIRE. 



Ambleside-Garside's Private Hotel. 



Ambleside-RoMnson's Temp. Hotel, ^^u?L'!?o^:cenS 

for all Excursions, Coaching, Climbing, Cycling, &c. Parties Catered 
for. Hot and Cold Luncheons. Teas. 



BARMOUTH. — Situated in Own Grounds, overlooking 
Sea. Facing due South. Spacious Lounge. 
Bedrooms overlook Sea. 



IVE^SS 



E^H^kH 



'""''^orEt. 



Phone 25. 



Separate Tables. 
Golf, Tennis, ft Croquet. Garairc 
Proprietresi. 



Barmouth — Bath — Belfast — Bettws-y-coed 



15 



Barmoutli-Cors-y-geclol & Marine Hotels. -^tl^ei'^'S 



the Sea, 
Charges 



with South-west aspect. Excellent Cuisine. Moderate 
For Terras, apply to .\rANAGER. 



k QTJni ATI f}i_ WAVE CREST, Boarding Establishment. Centre of 
i^uimuuiii Promenade. Home Comforts. Separate Tables. Moderate 
Terms. Under the Personal Supervision of 

THE MISSES WTLLIAMS. 



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I THE PULTENEY HOTEL. 

The Most Palatial Hotel in the Queen of English Spas. 

Patronised by the most Distinguished Personages. Combines 
Artist'C Refinement with Homely Comfort, and a quiet atmos- 
phere of Cultured Repose. South Aspect, and sheltered from N. 
& E. winds. Luxuriously and Elegantly Appointed. Over 200 
Bedrooms. The Pulteney is far famed for its Priceless Collection 
of Paintings by the Great Masters, and Rare Specimens of Italian 
and French Sculptures, Bronzes, etc. 'Phone Bath 1281 (3 lines). 
P. & W. JACKMAN, Managing Directors. 



^^ — v y — ■ ># IF — ^m ^ — ^ w — ^m <t» — ■^B'-^r' — ^^ v — v v — ^ 'w — ^ •» w ^^ 

Bath-WESTBOURNE PR8VATE HOTEL, ?St 

First-class. Centrall}^ Situated. Close to the Abbey, R. C. Church, 
Grand Pump Room, and Institution Gardens. Forty Bedrooms 
(\\-ith Gas Fires, if required). Separate Tables. Smoking Room, 
Lounge. Baths (h. & c). Good Cuisine. Moderate Charges. 
Tariff on application. ?^I. J. GITTIXb, Proprietress. 

"""^ NORTH PARADE. First- 

class Pte. Hotel, Beautifully 
Situated. Centre of Historic City of Bath. Opposite Institution 
Gardens. \'isitors staying at Hotel have free access. Grand Pump 
Room and Old Roman Baths, three minutes' walk. Gas Fires in Bee- 
rooms if desired. Separate Tables. Smoking Room. Lounge. 
Baths (h. & c). Home Comforts. Good Cuisine. Moderate 

Charges. Tariff from M. J. GITTIXS. 

— The OldestFamily & Commercial 
Hotel. Opposite Guildhall and 
Abbey. Close Baths and Stations. Moderate Tariff. Good 
Cuisine. Telephone 302. The Misses ROBIXSOX. :^Ianageresses. 

Bath-Edgar Private Hotel, '^^L^lT^l^'o'^l^k 

Pump Room, and Concert Room. Every Comfort. Moderate 
Terms. 'Phone 25. TOHX HOOPER, Proprietor. 

Datll— rriYate Ddg. LStaU., ^Conven?en^t for^Baths, iSmp Room' 
and Sham Castle Golf Links. Refined and Homelike. Smoke 
Room. Telephone 429. Mrs. W. LAWREXCE, Proprietress. 

Robinson's Temp. Hotel, ^;,rrclfand 

Family. Over 40 Rooms. Electric Light. Central for Railways and 
Steamers. Apply for Tariff. 'Phone 2141. Tels., "Robmson's Hotel." 



Bath GROSVENOR HOTEL, 



Bath-Christopher Hotel Ltd. 



Belfast 



OYAtL 



^ak. 



Teu 



BETTWS-Y»'COED. — This Celebrated House has an 

Unrivalled Situation Overlooking River ^^ > 

Llufin^. Garage. ^ — ^ 'Z'\£ |^ U 

Electric 

Light ThrcTJghcut. 
Officially Appointed by R.A.C., & T.C. of A. 
'Phone 19. D. K. & H. PULLAN, Proprietresses. 



1 6 Bexhill— Blackpool — Bognor— Bournemouth 

_ 

Golf 



Bexhiig-HOTEL RIPOSO 

Links. 



Facing Sea. 
joining 
Phone 472. Telegrams, " RipOSO, BexhiU." 

Lt.-Col. RONALD GIBB, C.B.E., Proprietor. 



on Sea Albany Hotel. 



Finest Position oa bea 
Front. Central. 
Convenient for Cooden, Schools, and Golf Links. 
Tel. No. 121. M. E. SKINNER, Proprietress. 

BEXHILL-Wilton Court Hotel. l^rtS^JST"' 

Telephone No. 477 Bexhill. Resident P/oprietor. 

Bexliill-on-Sea-"NETHER LAGOAN" 

BOARDING ESTABLISHMENT, Eversley Road. A Comfortable 
and Reasonable Boarding House, a few minutes from Station, 
one minute from Sea, and close to Golf Links. Boarding Terms 
from 2J Guineas, according to Season and Rooms. 
Mrs, a. S. PLOWMAN. Proprietress. 

BLACKPOOL.— 5 & 6, Lansdowne Crescent, Facing Sea. 

Nr. North Pier, all Places of Amusement 

and Golf Links. „ ■ ^ 

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'Phone 879. 
Tels., " Empire, Blackpool." 



Billiards (Full-size Tables). 
L.ounge, Ball Room, &c. 

Apply F. ROBERTS. 



Bognor— SYDNEY HOUSE 

PRIVATE HOTEL. On Sea Front. First-class Residential. 
'Phone 103. 



BOURN «=IVIOUTH. 




WIMBLEDON 
HALL 

rOMFORTABLE Private 
^ Hotel and Boarding 
Establishment. Magnifi- 
cent Situation among the 
Pines. Fine Lounge. 

Tennis. Billiards. House 
Well Warmed in Winter. 
Own Fa: m in New Forest. 
Terms frcm 3i Guineas 
per week. Illus. Tariff 
Free. Telephone 886. 



Bournemoutli-The Paragon ^'S^^gf.S-ittSli^hed 

32 years. Situated within 50 yards of the Cliff, close to the Noted 
Chines. Steps & Lift to sands quite near. View of the Bay. Golf 
Links less than i mile away. Cliff well wooded, with sheltered walks. 
W'ithin 10 minutes of Pier (where Band plays daily) & the Gardens. 
Surroundings are open & quiet. Full-size Billiard Table. Terms Mod. 
Tariff on application. 'Phone]075. Miss K. TOM KINS. Prop' ti ess. 

Bournemouth - BOSCOMBE SPA HOTEL. 

Overlooking Pine Woods & Chine. Tennis, Bowls & Link? nr. Ex. 
Cuisine. Mod. Charges. *Phone B'mouth 1147. MANAGERESS. 

Bournemouth-CRAG HALL ^T.&hm.n. 

(West Cliff). Terms Strictly Moderate. 

Mr. & Mrs. HINE, Proprietors. 



Bournemouth — Bowness — Bridlington — Brighton xy 
BOURMEMOUTIi 




Bonrnemoutli-" Silver How," IZ^Z^nl^'^^^S^^. 



ation. Well Sheltered. Close to ClifEs, Durley Chine, and Winter 
Gardens, Inclusive Terms from £2 2s. per week. Mrs. HUME. 

Bowness-on-Windermere-St. Martin's 

Pte. HoteL Central for Lakes & Pier. Lounge & Smoke Rm. Elec. 
Light Throughout. Sep. Tables. Garage- Miss E. M. WALTE RS. 

Bpidlington— MANCHESTER 

PRIVATE HOTEL. Most Commodious and Up-to- 
Date Private Hotel on Sea Front. Recently Enlarged 
& Redecorated. Mag. Sea Views from Public Rooms. 
First-class Chef. Write for Illustrated Souvenir Tariff. 'Phone i2i. 
E. & A. GURNELL, Proprietors. 

on THE BERKELEY 'h'',;;;^:' 

FINEST POSITION ON FRONT. Between West Pier and Lawns. 
C^posite King Edward Memorial. All Public Rooms face Sea. Full- 
size Billiard Table (Thurston). Comfortable Smoking Room. Terms 
from 4 Guineas. Week-ends from 27/6. Tels., " Berkeley, Brighton.** 
Thone 5137. - Mr. & Mrs. L. E. HQOKWAY, Proprieton. 

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Bright 



Brighton-" RAVENSWORTK 

DRIVITF HflTFL 60, YORK road aod 2,. LAHS- 
rnl Wll I E nu 1 &b| dOWNE road, adjoining. Rjur 
minutes to Sea. Central Heating. Photographic Dark Room- Own 
Bathing Tent on Beach. Moderate Terms. 'Phone Hove 8805. 
Under Personal Supervision of Proprietors, Mr. & Mrs. KEMP. 

Brighton-FERNDALElSi'ff^r.'k.i.T 

23, St. James' Avraitie. — Situated in a Quiet and Select Locality. 
One minute to Sea and Palace Pier. Special Features : An 
Excellent Cuisine, Moderate Tarifi, and Maximum of Comfort. 
Electric Light Throughout. Mrs. L. BAUME. Proprietress. 

BRIGHTON. 



PRIVATE HOTEL, EiBg's Boad* 

— Premier Position on Sea Front, 
between West Pier & HoveLaaria. 



BURLEIGH HALL 

Terms from 3J Gns. Under Personal Supervision of Proprietors. 
'Phone 4581. Mr. & Mrs. A. DAVIS. 

Brighton(H0Y8MANGLEY HOUSE 

BOARDING ESTAB., 118, Lansdowne Place. Well- 
appointed & Coinf ortable. Only a few minutes from 
Hove Sea Front. Large & Lofty Bedrooms. Baths 
(H. & C). Electric Light Throughout. 'Phone 2330. 

Series, 1923-24] 2 



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Brighton— Bude 



ttvltfhtATI^nAllhicrh Boarding Kstab.. Grand Parade.— Centrally 
DrigillUll UDniJIgll Situated. Near Royal Pavilion and 
Palace Pier. Good Cooking. Liberal Table. Dancing and Billiards. 
Telephone No. 6994. Apply PROPRIETOR. 

Brighton THE LINCOLN 'h".'tVu" 

Bedford Square. Close Sea Front, between West 
Pier & Hove Lawns. Comfortable & Reasonable. 
Gas Fires in all Roonas. Under Personal Supervision 
of the Proprietresses, The Misses WEBB. 

BUDE. 



Grenville Hotel I 

Opmn all the year round, 
I ARGEST and only modern equipped Hotel, facing Atlantic. 
^ Situated three minutes from North Cornwall Golf Links. 
Lift to all floors. Central Heating. Headquarters R.A.C., A.A. 
Spacious Garage. Inspection Pit. Hotel Omnibus meets all Trains. 

MODERATE TERMS. Apply E. LENARD, MANAGERfess. 
Wi res : " Grenville, Bude." 'Phone 15 Bud«. 

BUDE, N. Cornwall . 

ALFORD HOUSE 

Boarding Establishment. 

Beautifully Situated. Adjoining 
Golf Links, Tennis Courts, Beach, 
&c. First-class Cuisine. 
Open all the year round. 
Personal Supervision. 
Apply Miss FRANCIS, Prop'tress. 
itWIE, H. Cornwall.— First-class Family & Touiist] 
Vasinc Sea. Own Farm Produce. 
Appointed R.A.C 

Own Golf Links 

Free to Visitors. 
"^Phone 6 Bude. G. BREITOON, Resident Proprietor. 

iUDE-ERDISTON Boarding Estab. 

Facing South. Adjoining Golf Links, Tennis Courts, Beach, &c. 
First-class Cuisine. Electric Light. Moderate Inclusive Terms. 
'-) (Special Winter Terms). Mild Climate in Winter. Personal 
Supervision. Car for Hire. GARAGE. Also " PENTARGAJf," 
Falmouth. Mrs. GEORGE BANBURY. Proprietress. 

THE WINDSOR 

BEST FOR THE HOME. BEST FOR THE HOLIDAY. 





Bude — Budleigh Salterton — Buxton 



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Bude-"BISMILLAH " „n<^Vn.., 

First-class BOARDING ESTAB. Adjoining Links. 

Close to Sea. Tennis. Croquet. Baths (H. & C.). 

Electric Light. Ex. Cuisine. Under Entirely NtW 

tVfanagement. Mrs. H. N. GLANFIELD, Prop'tregi. 

3ude,NorthGorDwall-NORFOLK HOTEL, 

Family and Tourist (Unlicensed). Two minutee 
from Golf Links, G.P.O., and Sea. Central Position, 
Moderate Terms. 'Buses pass the door to meet all 
trains. Tels., " Norfolk, Bude." 

Mrs. GILBERT, Proprietress. 



BUDLEIQH SALTERTON. 



ROSEMULLION HOTEL. 




OVERLOOKING Sea. Near East Devon Golf Links, 
Tennis and Croquet Club. Good Cuisine. New 
Dining Room and Lounge. Central Heating. Electric 
Light. MANAGERESS (Rosemullion Hotel, Ltd.). 



BUXTON.— PRIVATE HOTEL 



Listed 
R.A.C. 



I 




DISTANCE TO 
GOLF LINES. Motor uA 
Ooftohing Bzouiioiii Arnngtii 
Indoor EBtortdamtiit. 
Mr. ft Mn. S. D. dlVT. Boiidml Profritton. 



20 



Buxton 



BUXTON 

(1,000 feet above Sea Level). 

THE SPA THAT IS DIFFERENT. 

Health, Romance, Scenery, Entertainment. 

BRIGHT and BRACING. 




BUXTON has been famed since the days of the Romans 
for its Natural Mineral Springs. The Municipality 
has spared no expense to place the Buxton THERMAL 
and NATURAL BATH Establishments amongst the 
foremost in the World. Every Efficient Medical Treatment 
is available for the Cure of Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica, 
Arthritis, CoiitiS and Allied Complaints. 

There are excellent Sports and Entertainments to be 
had at the Buxton Gardens and Ashwood Park. Tennis, 
Bowls, Croquet, Golf (two courses). Opera House, Boating, 
Motor Tours, etc. 

Further particulars from H, L, B. PITT, Information 
Bureau. Buxton. 



Buxton 



21 



CRESCENT HOTEL 

BUXTON. 

OffleiAlly Appointed Hotel to Royal Aatomobile Clab. Aatomobile AMOobiMoi» 
Motor Union. A.C.n. and Automobile Touring Club of Amerioa. 




'^HIS First-class Hotel occupies the best situatioa, 
w being near the Railway Stations, and connected by 
Covered Colonnade with the Baths, Wells, Pavilion- 
Gardens, Opera House, &c. Buxton Golf Lfflks one 

mile from the Hotel. The St. Ann's Well is immedi- 
ately opposite the Hotel. Table d'Hote at 7 p.m. in the 
Splendid Dining Room (one of the finest in the Kingdom). 



GARAGE. 



PETROL. 



Public Dining^ Drawing, Lounge, Billiard, Smoking, 
and Reading Rooms. 

ELECTRIC PASSENGER LtFT. 

Electric Light in all Rooms. 



EXCELLENT CUISINE. 



CHOICE WINES AND CIQABI. 



C. J. SMILTER, Resident Proprietor. 
T$l9grmphic Address ;— 

"Ckkscsnt, Buxton." TELEPHONE It. ie, 

TERMS MODERATE AND INCLUSIVE. 



22 



Buxton 



BUXTON. 



Telegrams t 

' Comfortable ' 

Buxton. 




Telephone 

211 A 212 

fuxton. 



BUXTON HYDRO HOTEL. 

Official Hotel tm the R.AC,, A.A. and A.CM. 

TF it is Comfort, Excellent Cuisine and Convenience of Situation choose 
-■■ the Buxton Hydro Hotel. With over 260 Rooms and Three Large 
Dining Rooms there is Accommodation for upwards of 400 Guests. If it is 
Dancing, a Ballroom with one of the Finest Floors in the Country — if it 
is a "Cure," a Complete Suite of Hydropathic and Electric Baths. 
Withal, a Moderate and Inclusive Tariff, 

For. fu/l particulars write for Illustrated Booklet ' A Study In Comfort ' tp 
THE MANAGER, Enquiry Office, Buxton Hydro Hotel. 



BUXTON, 



OLIVER'S HYDRO HOTEL. 



Ideal Position. 



c 



£ 



Highly Recommended for Catering 

and Comfort. 



3 

s 






Hydro Electric Baths. Electric Light and Lift. 

Tennis. Golf (Sunday Golf). 

Garage. Tariff. Central Heating. 

Official Hotel to tht A.A. & M.U. A. OLIVER. 



Buxton 



^3 



BUXTON. 




ROVE 
HOTEL 

OPEN central position, over- 
looking St. Anne's Well 
and Baths. Excellent Cuisina 
and Hotel Comfort. Moderate 
Inclusive Charges. Garage. 

ApplyRESiDENT Proprietor. 

Tels., " Grove, Buxton." 
'Phone 7. 



BUXTON. 

SHAKESPEARE HOTEL. 

FAMILY & COMMERCIAL. 

Established 1711. ENTIRELY RENOVATED. 

GARAGE. NEW LOUNGE. EXCELLENT 

INSPECTION PIT. RESTAURANT. CUISINE. 

Royal Automobile Club Listed Hotel. 

Telephone 480. W. P. RONAN, 

Telegrams, " Shakespeare, Buxton." Resident Mamagxk* 

BUXTON. 



COURTLEIGM 

SUPERIOR PRIVATE APARTMENTS. 

CITUATED on Level. South Aspect. Overlooking 
*^ Pavilion Gardens. Magnificent Mountain Views. CloM 
to Pump and Baths. ^ Central Heating. Electric Li|[ht. 
Redecorated and Refurnished throughout. Spciclfti 

Winter Terms. 

Tel. 428. For Terms apply Mrs. M. B. BAILEY, Proprietrbm. 



BUXTON. 

r«mp Room. 
Lift 



CORB^ 



-HOTEL PENSION. 

Electric Litfht. 



Near B&ths and 



T*^^^ Delightful Sunay C a rt —. 

'Phone 205. Apply-The MlfiM i TT i4 M . 
Electrical Treatment given on the pfini»«. 



Buxton - LIMEHURST HOTEL PENSION, 

MANCHESTER RD. Beautifully Situated. S.W. Asp«ct. 
Extensive Views. Five mins. fr. Station,. Pavuion, 
Baths & Pump Room. Large Garden. Sep. TablM. 
Lounge. Electric Light. Terms Moderate. 
Telephone 481. Apply Misses DOUGHTY, ProprletnesMj 



24 



Buxton — Cheltenham — Clevedon 



BUXTON.— St. John's Road. Oa the Lev«l. South Aspect. 
Naar Gardons Entrance- Five minutes from 
Stations. Baths and Shops. 



THE 



£^2H 



piwK!!. 



HOTlli. 



Perfect 
Cuisine. Separate Tables. 
Specba Winter Terms. Moderate TariC 
Apply. Miss FORBES. Froprietress. 



CHELTENHAM. 

QUEEN'S HOTEL 

THE LEADING FIRST - GLASS 
HOTEL IN THE GARDEN TOWN. 

^HE Hotel faces the Promenade, and from the Windows 
commands an uninterrupted view of the Cotswolds. 
Comfortable Bedrooms. Beautiful Suites. Cosy Lounge. 
Billiard Room for Visitors only. Electric Light and Lift. 
First-Class Cooking and Service. Garage for 40 Cars. 
Private Lock-ups for 20 Cars. Heated, and with Electric 
Light in Inspection Pits. Petrol and Repairs. Open all 
NIgilt. The Finest Motoring Centre of England. FamOIIS 
{cellars of Old Wines. Reasonable Terms. 

fUephone 913, 914. STANLEY G. R. HOLMAN, 

Telegrams— "Queen's." Managing Director. 

AhliltliTlllflTTl— ^^^^'5 PRIVATE HOTEL, i, 2, & 3, Promenade 
uflCliuUi^U'lii Terrace. Facing Spa and Winter Gardens. Convenient 

for Colleges. Ladies' Drawing Room. Lounge. Bath Rooms. 

Tel. 949. Personal Supervision. T. R. TATE, Proprietor. 

Cheltenliaffl-THE COLWYN ?fr/i^?°e'sfplvf Tx^J-'^tr^l"; 

Promenade, Colleges. &c. Lofty Rooms, Comfortably Heated. 
' ' ^Phone 870. Under Personal Supervision of Miss M. E. CAMUS. 

OI^EVIEDON. 

STANCilFF 

BOARDING ESTAB. 

Nos. 1 & 2. 

CHARMING Situ- 
ation, in Own 
Gg:oun4s, Dyc;rlooking 
Bristol Channel and 
Wcl^h Hills. Terms , 
Mod. H.&C. Baths. 
5 miss. Pier, 15 mins. 
TfjUnand Links^ - 
'Phone 4. 

ApptyMr.i&^fcs. 4 V. c^ ■ ..^^ 

iP, J EFF'E RIES. ' '-S*3iBcliff Ha 12 stapdsin same grounds a f^w yards to left. 




Clevedon — Clovelly— Colwyn Bay 



25 



Cleyedon-Eastlngton ^J^:s'ys^^. ^T.tfit 

& Pier. Near Bowling Green. 15 mins. G.W.R. & Light Railway 
Stations. Cycle Accom. Terms Moderate. Apply Misses WILLIS. 




CLOVELLY, N, Devon, 

FIRST-CLASS FAMILY. Enlarged and 
Redecorated. Excellent Cuisine. 
Moderate Tariff. Accommo- 
dation all the year 
round. ^^^^^ ^"^ 



Telegrams 



Motor 
'Bns Meets 
Trains at Bideford 
Station from Hotel 
From Clovelly 9.45 a.m., 3.B0 p.m. 
Leaves Bideford Station 11 a.m., 5 p.m. 
Apply Proprietor, 
"Bushell, Clovelly." A. E. BUSHELL. 



THE IDEAL HOLIDAT RESORT FOR WINTER AND SUMMER. 

" ROTHESAY " Private & Residential Hotel, p«*Sf.*. 

Estab. 1898. Finest Position on Sea Front. Magnificent Views. 
Lounge, Smoke & Writing Rooms. Electric Light Throughout. 
70 Bedrooms. Visitors can Bathe from House. Near (3) Golf Links. 
Coaching, Boating, Tennis, Garage. 

Tels., " Kirkpatrick, Colwyn Bay." Telephone 117. 

Colwyn Bay^THE OSBORNE "^i^^^ 

Marine Road. Situated in the Sunniest Part of Colwyn Bay, with 
Magnificent Views of Sea, 01dColw3m and Mountains. Near Golf 
Litres, Piers and Pavilion. Every Convenience. Electric Light. 
Good Cuisine. Separate Tables. Terms Moderate, according to 
Season. Telegrams, "The Osborne, Cclwyn Bay." Write for 
Tarifi. Mrs. J. POLLITT. Proprietress. 




Throufl^hout. 
'.TablM. Tariff Ml Application 
Miss W. L. BACKHOUSE. ProprietresK. 



Rhos-on-Sea(ColwyQBay)-BELVEDERE 
Boarding Establi$hment.-^^.°^'?^i,a 

House. Close to Pier, Golf Links, and Sea. Most convenient for 
Trams to Llandndno and Colwyn Bay. Tariff on application. 
'Phone 24Y3. The Misses BURTT and WENSLEY. 

RHOS-ON-SEA,c.,J^TBay.-'lnishmore'i*d'i^b* 

Facing Sea & Pier. Close Golf Links. OnPa^^ Frangals. Sep. Tables. 
Electric Light. 'Phone 161 Colwyn Bay. J» PROPRIETRESS. 

RHOS-ON-SEA, "b^VT Rhos Point '^'^ SffsftS^S 

on Sea Front. Balcony facing Sea. Mountain Views. Nr. Golf Links. 
Pier,&c. Good Cuisine. Sep. Tables. 'Phone 261. PROPRIETRESS. 

TUE ufiuncnD ^^^'^ ^^^ '^^^ ^^^^ 

inc niHUOUn best for the holiday 



«6 Cromer — Dartmoor— Derbyshire — Droitwich 



CROMER-COLNE GUEST HOUSE. 

Situated in Own Grounds, three acres, facing South. Tennis. 
Four minutes to Beach. Garaging for lo Cars. Excellent Stab- 
ling. Easy distance of three Golf Links and Bowling Green. 
Electric Light. Separate Tdbles. Moderate and Inclusive Tariff. 
Telephone 103. Miss A. M. DOWDING, Proprietress. 

OLDEST E8TABUI8HED FIR8T-GLA8I 
PRIVATE HOTEL. Unrivalled for Cuislnt 
and Comfort. Beautifully Furnished. Electric Light. Moderate 
Inclusive Tarifl. M. NEWMAN, Proprietor. 



Cromer-SEA VIEW. 



OVERSTRANDt Wr. Cromar. " The BwitztrUnd of th« SMt Ooait." 




" OYERSTRAHD " 

First-class HottL 

Charmingly Situated In Ow« 
Grounds, adj. Sea & Beach. 
midst Finest Scenery en Nor- 
folk Coast. Five mins. from 
Ivoyal Cromer Golf Links, * 
convenient for SheriBrham, 
W. Runton, and Mundesley 
Golf Links. Splendid Culslaa. 
Tennis. Grass & Hard Courts. 
Golf Nets for Practice oi 
Tuition. Croquet. Garare 
with Private Lock-ups. Incni. 
Terms. 'Phone Cromer IN. 
Tels.. " Overstrand Hotek 
Cromer " 



Dartmoor-PRINCETOWN. 

FIrtt-clatt PRIVATI 

HOTEL. Most Cen- 

tral for Tourists. 

Centrally Heated. Elec. Light. Baths (H.AC.) . Smoke & Sitting 

Rms. Personal Supervisi on. Mr. & Mrs. J. R. MARTYR, Proprietors. 



IMPERIAL HOTEL 



DERBYSHIRE-Bradshai Edge, Whaley Bridge. ' ^S^ 

Zbc Sycamores, «" »o*r*« 

Surrounded by the most Charming Scenery in Derbyshire. Soutlieni 
aspect. Sheltering under Eccles Pike over i,ooo ft. above sea level. 
Tennis, Croquet, Golf, Billiards. Moderate and Inclusive Tarifl. 
'Phone 46 Whaley. 

Donglas-IESTLAKE'S " SEA LEVEL," ffipS^rSSi 

in the Island. Old-established. Highly Recommended. Spaciont 
Lounge. Passenger Lift. Write for Moderate Inclusive Terns. 



Douglas, I.O.M.-ELLAS YAHNIN 



Boardinf Establishment. $i. 
Loch Promenade. ^ Centeal 
Position on Front. Liberal Table. Terms on applicatioa. 
- Mrs. KING, Proprietrew. 

Droitwich-ST. ANDREW'S HOUSE. 

Leading House. — The only one with Electric Light, constant Hot 
Water Supply in Bedrooms, and Vl-Spring Box MattreaoM. 
14 acres Beautiful Grounds. Separate Lawns for Croquet, Tennis, 
Bowls, and 9-hole Putting Green. Own Dairy Produce A Poaltr^* 
Lock-up Garages. Moderate Tertns. 



D roitwich — D ul verton 



27 



13 Ztp O X -37 ^OCT X C XX. 

NATURAL BRINE BATHS. 
Renowned for Treatment of RHEUMATISM AND ALL ALLIED 
COMPLAINTS. Illustrated Booklet of Treatments, Charming District, 
Hotels, Sec, from Spa Director, 

J. H. HOLLYER, 52, Corbett Estate Ofl&ces, Droitwich. 




DROiTWICH . 

The Worcestershire 

Brine Baths Hotel, 

CLOSE TO ST. Andrew's 

BRINE BATHS. 

150 Rooms (Bedrooms on 
Ground Floor). Suites. Lift. 
Private Grounds. Billiards. 
Croquet. Golf. Garage. 
OfE. App. AA. and R.A.C. 
Open all the year. Mod. Incl. 
Terms. Write for Descrip- 
tive Tariff. 

T. R. CULLEY, Manager. 

'Phones: 2 Office, 48 Visitors. 

T«l$., "Worcestershire Hotel, 

Droitwich." 



DROITWICH 

Ayrshire House. 

Private Boarding 
Establishment. 

Standing in its Own Grounds, 
with Tennis 5c Croquet Lawns. 
About 300 yards from St. 
Andrew's Brine Baths. Cor- 
ridors Heated in Winter. 
Excellent Cuisine. Annexe 
added. Garage. *Pkon$ 87, 
Miss REILLY, 

Proprietress. 




DROITWICH. Both mow.] 

■' OlM • to BrlBO 

Oarage S.A.O. A ▲.▲. 



ISS^ 



pS^ 



St^ 



SovTenir Tanil on AppUcatien. 
P. A. OEDDEB 



Proprlei 



Dnl7erton(6.W.R.)-CARNARVON ARMS HOTEL 

(420 feet.) Five miles Reserved Trout Rivers. 
(Adjacent.) Stag, Fox, Otter Hunting. Hunters 
for Hire. Home Farm Produce. Tennis. Billiards. 
'Phone 2. • Wire— *' NELDER." 



THE WINDSOR 



BEST FOR THE HOME 
BEST FOR THE HOLIDAY 



28 



Dulverton — -Eastbourne 



DULVERTON. 

LAMB HOTEL. 

piRST -CLASS. Hunting. Free Fishing to Guests staying 
^ in Hotel. Hunters ; Hacks ; Stables ; Carriages of 
all Descriptions. Open and Closed Cars. Garage and 
Inspection Pit. Billiards. Motor Bus meets all Trains. 
Listed Hotel to A.A. and M.U. Write for Tarifi to the 
Proprietors, W. DART & G. C. STANBURY. 

Wires: "Stanbury, Dulverton." Telephonft. 



O^ 



DULVERTON* Somerset 

THE GREEN 
PRIVATE HOTEL, 

\WN Grounds. Facing; 
South, First-class. 
Beautiful Gardens. Charm- 
ing Views. Hot and Cold 

Luncheons and Teas. 
Open all the year round. 
FreeFishing to Guests staying 
In Hotel. Close on Exmoor, 
the celebrated Loma Doone 
Country. Garage. Motor 
Beets all trains. Terms 

Moderate and Inclusive. 
^»(y tt PROPRIETRESS. 





EASTBOURNE.— Devonshire Place. On the Sunny side, adjoining^ 

Grand Parade, Accom. for 150 Guests. Free 

Sea Bathing. First-class, most 

Up-to-date. — ,___,_ _^_^^. 

— -^^— ^ ■ — ^— ^ I Hotel Wolseley 

Landaulctte at Visitors' disposal for 

Station, Theatres, and 3 Golf Courses, M. each way. 

Central Heating. Gas Fires. H. & C. Water & 'Phones In all Bedrooms. 

Eastbourne-YORK HOUSE ^^^IZ* 

14-19, R07AL PARADE. Unrivalled Position on Sea Front. 

Spacious Dining, r)rawing, and Dance Rooms. Smoking Lounge. 
Billiards (full-size table). Tea Lounge. 80 Bedrooms. Electric 
Light Throughout. Heated by Hot Water Radiators. Terms £3 8s* 
Mrs. DOUGLAS E. WILLIAMSON. 

Eastbourne-LANGHAM K'oV'Er 

Royal Parade. Pleasantly Situated on Sea Front, 

with Public Rooms facing Sea. Well-appointed 
Dining and Drawing Rooms. Excellent Cuisine. 
Mod. Tariff. Full particulars from PROPRIETOR. 

Eastbourne LATHOM HOUSE 

First-class Private Hotel, Howard Square. Close to Devonshire 
Park and Principal Amusements. Only one niinute to Sea Front. 
Gas Fires in all Bedrooms. Ideal Winter Residence. Terms from 
8 Guineas, according . to Season and Rooms. 'Phone 986. 
Tcls., " Lathom House." Miss BRIDGE, Proprietress. 



Edinburgh — Exmouth — Falmouth 



29 



English LalLes 

(See pages 14, 



i7> 31, 37. 38> 70). 



■DINBURGH. 



tCSIDENTIAL 



Ceotfaily situated in Princes St« 
opix38it« Phnees Gardeaa, 




Uinutes 
Railways. 

G. TESTUZ, Manager. 



Exmouth— IMPERIAL HOTEL. 

Stands in Pte. Park, facing Sea. Officially Appointed Hotel to R.A.C. 
&A.A. Ex. Winter Resort. Enlarged & Refurnished. Elec. Light & 
Lift. Central Heating. Single Rooms & Suites. High-class Cuisine. 
Three Golf Links nr. Hunting. Fishing in Private Waters & Sea. 
Mod. Inclu. Terms. Tels. — " Imperial, Exmouth." 'Phone 16. 

£iniontti,S.DeYGii-Oolf©rgan Hotel 

First-class Private Resldentia!. Overlooking Sea. 
Ideal Winter or Summsr Resort. Tariff Moderate. 
'Phone 5. Telegrams, '* Dolforgan, Exmouth." 

Miss BAKER. 



FALMOUTH. 




SOUTH FRONT. 



BOSCAWEN HOTEL 

PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL. 

COUTH Aspect. Centre of 
■^ Falmouth Bay. Five 
minutes from Station. Elec. 
Light Throughout. Separate 
Tables. 'Phone 141. 

Wires, " Boscawen Hotel." 

Illustrated Prospectus from 
The PROPRIETORS. 



Falmoitti-CWENDRA PENSION 



First Class. 



Bathing Beaches. 



Beautifully Situated on the 
Promenade. Facing the Sea. 
Close to Concert Gardens di 

Separate Tables. Personal Supervision. 

Miss M. BARRY, Proprietress. 



THE WINDSOR 



BEST FOR THE HOME. 
BEST FOR THE HOLIDAY. 



30 



Falmouth — Felixstowe — Folkestone 



Falmouth, Cornwali-PENTARGAN If^^ 

Stands in Own Grounds. South Aspect. On Sea Front. Directly 
facing the Bay. Smoking Rooms. Lounge. Billiardt. 
Full-size Table (Thurston). Croquet. Table d'H6te. Separate 
Tables. Electric Light Throughout. Golf, 1 8 -hole Course, i mile. 
Apply Mr. & Mrs. J. BANBURY. Proprietors. 
Telephone 101 Falmouth. Also '^JJIDISTON," Bnde. 

Facing Sea and 
South. High- 
class English Cuisine. * * A Most Comfortable Hotel. ' ' 
'Phone 84. Telegrams, "Grand, Felixstowe." 

RESIDENT PROPRIETOR. 



GRAND HOTEL. 



MELROSE PRIVATE 

FIRST-CLASS FAMILY HOTEL. Finest 
Position. Facing Sea. Dancing and Bridge. 
•Phone 103. Write for Illustrated Tariff, 

Mrs. J. C. BUTLER, Proprietress. ALSO AT 128, King's Road. 

BRIGHTON. High-class Furnished Suites. 'Phone 1701 Brighton. 



HOTEL 



souH 



3EACH 



"jw^iiili^ 



pBjVAiy 
BOTBi; 



FEUXSTOWE .— En Pension & ReiidontiaL 

Situated amid Kxtensire Flower Gardens 

& Rockeries. Is well 

Wo«Ud. . „„.._ ,p,^„.^ 

Facins: Sea. Close 

to Golf Links. Tennis Courts & Croquet. 

Tariff on Application. E. BOWEN, Resident Proprietress. 

Felixstowe-ST. EDMUNDSBURY f^a^S'^'Fadn'Tsei: 

Near Pier and all Entertainments. Good Table. Moderate 
Terms. Miss M. O. NEAME. 



FOLKESTOi^E— On the Lms. 

Central Position, near Bandstand, 
Shelter & Lifts. Finest 
Ooliln*. 



Facing Sea and South. 



THE 



liiSSSsoH!^ 



PRIVATE 



HOttV. 



Phones In 
erery Room. Foreign 
Lansruaees spoken ty the Administration. 
Phones (2 lines) 541. Tels., "Interlink. Folkestone." 



Folkestone-HOLDERNESS PRIVATE 

UriTFI CLIFTON ORESCENT. Facing Sea. 
nU I LL) West Leas. From 10/6 per day. 
Private Suites during Winter Months. 'Phone 794. 

. W. L. HOBSON. Proprietor. 

Folkestone — NORMANDENE PENSION, 

WilQfhAnrnO rtflrHonC Quiet and Select. Ideal Position 
IICDlUUUlllD UdlUcllD. for Winter or Summer Residence. 
South Aspect. Private Tennis Court. Suites of Rooms from 
October to April. Excellent Cuisine. Separate Tables. 
Moderate and Inclusive Tariff. 'Phone 96. 
Mrs. E. B. NEEDLEY. 

Folkestone-LANGHORNE HOTEL 



Piemisr Position on Leas. 



Ttl«PhOB0 Vo. 167. 



Folkestone — Freshwater — Gloucester — Grasmere 3 1 

Folkestone-CO MAN'S HOTEL, 

Castle Hill Avenue. Close to Leas, Theatre & Central 
Station. Old-established, Well-appointed, and Up- 
to-date. Ex. and Liberal Cuisine. Mod. Terms. 
'Phone 241. Telegrams, "Coman's Folkestone." 

J. F. ELDRIDGE, Proprietor. 

FRESHWATER, Isl9 of Wight- *• 

THE FRESHWATER BAY HOTEL !?rt'."^Li?^^'aiif„i?. 

Sunny. Sheltered. Secluded. 

GOLF. TENNIS. CROQUET. 

RA.C, AA., M.U. 

Telephone 47- 

THE ALBION HOTEL 

is on the margin of the Sea, 

which washes the Hotel Terrac*. 

Boating, Fishing, &c. 

Terms Moderate. 

Trains from Waterloo, vid 
Brockenhurst, in 3J hours; ala« 
from Victoria, vik Portsmouth. 

Clouoester-Bell Hotelr^^^^te^^^^ 

appointed by R.A C, A.A. & M.U. Night Porter. Electrio^ 
Light. Garage. 'Phone 772. Tels., "BeU Hotel, Glouc^ster." 

mORLESTON'ON'SEA. —V9iCmg Sea & Harbour. 
Board-Reildtnce a SpeciAllty. Every 
Accommodation. Electric 
Uffht. Baths 




V^ 



nrre 



uTqN 



o"«"£h. 



First-cl&M 
BILLIASD SALOOH. 
Luncheons, Dinners & Teas for Non-Residenti. 
Personal Supervision. Mrs. A. FOWLER. Proprietress 



GRASMERE (English Lakes). 



TS 



o-ii^xa x« 



Occupies a Commanding Position on Main Road to Keswick and 
South to Windermere. Central Heating. Electric Light Through- 
out. H. & C. Water installed in All Bedrooms. Separate Lock-up 
Garages. Home Farm Supplies. Tels., * Swan.' 'Phone 23. Appointed 
R.A.C. & A.A. Resident Proprietor, J. L. SANDILANDS. 

miASMERE (Bngliah.Lakes).— In Own Grounds^^ 'r^Lt 

fNII|,ti> fill Scenery. Garden <k Lawn. Larfife , . 1 « | f ItIc. 

Lofty Rooms. Klocteic Light — ■■-^ '^T^ f^^lhoPiOO^l^ 

^*^ ,— Splendid Centre for 

Climbinsf, Coachfnsf, Boating', & Fishinjr. 

Moderate T erms. Personal Supervision. L. WALLER. 



<Kv^^ »di«i.\mg 



bav 



HSVjT 



Grasmere (English Lal[es)-BALDRY'S "MOSS GROVE" 

FIRST-CLASS PRIVATE HOTEL. Old-established. Highlj 
Recommended. Excellent Catering. Splendid Centre for Climbing, 
Coaching, Boating and Fishing. Coaches to all parts of Laki 
District. Chars -E-bancs from Hotel meet Steamers at Waterhead 
Pier. GARAGE. Tels., " Moss Grove, Grasmere." 'Phone 51. 
Personal Supervision. Mr. & Mrs. E. H. BALDRY, Proprieton 



32 



Harrogate 



Harrogate 



IS Situated on the Yorkshire Moors, on a 
Tableland with nothing higher between 
it and the Sea (60 miles away), with no 
Works or Factories near. 

The Air is naturally Pure and Bracing. 

The Surrounding Country teems with 
Beauty Spots and Historical Associations. 
Roads are excellent for Motoring. 

Golf (3 links — Sunday Play), Angling, 
Shooting, Boating, Tennis, Croquet. &c. 

The Entertainments and Music are of a 
very high order. Alfresco Concerts and 
Teas are a feature. 

The Shops are excellent, and the Social 
Amenities are all that can be desired. 



The *' CURE ** is of course second to none lh« wid« 
world over and renders the German and Austrian 
Resorts absolutely unnecessary. 



For details of Hotels, Trains 
and Harrogate generally, write 
F. J. C. Broome, Dept. ** PT.L.** 
Harrogate, 



Harrogate — Hastings 



33 



Harrogate RUSSELL HOTEL 

FIRST-CLASS. Overlooking Valley Gardens. Unrivalled Situ- 
ation. Two minutes to Pump Room and near Royal Hall and 
Baths. Renowned for Comfort, Cleanliness and Cuisine. Separate 
Tables. 'Phone 1134. GARAGE. Illustrated TarifE from 
^ S. A. MALLINSOX. Propnetor. 

Harrogate — WELLINGTON 

B-S <^"r C: B FIRST-CLASS FAMILY. Telephone 257. 
iTi^^ ■ C^« Mrs STOKES. 



SUNSHINE & PLEASURE 
ALL THE YEAR ROUND, 






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o 

o 
o 



2 
m 



Write Bo:f W.L.,Town Hall, Hasflngs, for Particulars of our 12 Months' Season. 



HASTINGS. 



QUEEN'S Hotel. 

First-class and most Comfortable 
HOTEL ON SEA FRONT (Central) 



Telephone 
201. 



Telegraphic Address : 
"Queen's, Hastiii|:s." 



The WINDSOR E°S?g 

Series, 1923-24] 3 



34 Hastings — Heme Bay — Hunstanton — Illracombe 

HASTINGS. 

ALBANY HOTEL. 

FIRST-CLASS HOTEL. 

EXCELLENT CUISINE. 
Finest Position on Sea Front. 
Away from Trams and Traffic. 



HASTINGS, 

ROBERTSON 

PRIVATE HOTEL. 

Finest Position on Sea Front. Central for Shops and Entertainments. 
No Trams or Traffic passing. Spacious Lounge, Drawing and Smoke 
Rooms. Billiard Room. Garage. Near Golf Links and Tennis Courts. 
Reduced Terms Winter Months and Early Season. On Parle Francais 

Mrs. SHIRLEY {nee Bruce). 
Telegrams : ** Comfort, Hastings.*' Tel. No. 543 Hastings. 



Hastings-YELTOM Private HOTEirr lea^F^r 

Garage. Billiards. 'Phone 614 Hastings. 

Under same Proprietorship — 

TUDOR HALL HOTEL, HAWKHURST, KENT. 

Charming Country House Hotel. 'Phone 54. 

St. Leonards-on-Sea 

(See pages 33 and 54). 

Heme Bay" KROONSTAD " 

Boarding Establishment, Canterbury Road. Old 
Established. Cuisine a Special Feature. Separate 
Tables. Pleasant Garden, overlooking Sea and 
Downs. Apply PROPRIETRESS. 

Hunstanton-LE STRANGE ARMS 

and GOLF LINKS HOTEL.— Phone 10. Garage. 
GLEBE HOTEL.— Phone 35. 
GOLDEN LION HOTEL.— Phone 18. „ 
C. ERNEST GRAY, Proprietor. 

' Extensive Sea View. Ex. Cooking. Inclusive Terms on Application 
to Mrs. S. PRICE (late Capstone Bdg. House), Proprietress. 



Ilfracombe 



35 



ILFRACOMBE. 

CLIFFE HYDRO HOTEL 

A LEADING FIRST-CLASS HOTEL, FULLY LICENSED. 

I JNRIVALLED Position, commanding Uninterrupted Views of the Sea. 
Standing in Charming Weti-wooded Grounds of 2 ^^ acres. - The Recep- 
tion and First-floor Bedrooms are provided with Balconies. Nearest First- 
class Hotel to Golf Links. Billiards. Special Terms during Winter Months, 
Appointed R.A.C. and A. A. 'Phone 42. Telegrams, " Hydro, Ilfracombe/' 

Apply G. W. WALLER 
{Late of Water edge Hotel, Ambleside). 



ILFRACOMBE, 



or'xxx: x]AXX>z3z&x.A.x:. 



nrms Well-kno^N-n, High-class PRIVATE 
^ HOTEL, facing Sea, contains IOC 
Apartments. Lounge. Billiard and Ball 
Rooms. Electric Light and Lift Separai 
Tables. Frequent Dances and Entertain- 
ments. Golf Links 1 \ miles. 

Moderate Inclusive Tariff from 

L. PARSONS. 




ILFRACOMBE. 



PRIVATE GOOD-CLASS BOARDING HOUSE. 



(( 



Seafield 



99 Larkstone 

Terrace. 



VERY Highly Recommended for Good Tables and Excellent Cooking. 
With most charming uninterrupted Sea and Land Views from Bal- 
conies and Sitting Rooms. 12 Bedrooms. The house has two entrances, 
one from Main Road and one facing Sea, opposite Pier and Bathing 
Beaches. No effort spared to make \'isitors comtoriable. 

ILLUSTRATED TARIFF. TERiVIS STRICTLY MODERATE. 

Mr. & Mrs. C. BEAN. 



ILFRACOMBE. 

MOONTA 

PRIVATE HOTEL. 

DELIGHTFULLY Sit- 
uated, mamediately 
on Sea-edge, and com- 
manding a Magnificent 
View of the Channel. 
Close to Pier and Cap- 
• stone Parade. Electric 
Light Throughout. 
Moderate and Inclusive. 
Terms. 
Apply Proprietress. 




36 



Ilfracombe 



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cs-^^ 



^isff 






ILFRACOlVIBE, N. Devon. — First-ciass family Boarding £stab^ 
Over 2.300 References in Visitors' Books. 
Mag-nificent Sea & Land Views._ 

New Loung'e. 

44 Bedrooms. 
Baths. Balconies. Elec. Lig-ht. 
Separate Tables. Billiards. Comfort. Sociability. 
All Cakes Plome-made- 'Phone 15. \V. R. FOSTER. Proprietor. 

Ilfracombe-' Grosvenor' i-^i 

Private Hotel. First-class En Pension. One Minute Sea & Parade- 
Spacious Public Rooms. Lounge. Table d'Hote. Separate Tables- 
Replete with every Comfort. Moderate. Listed Hotel 
R.A.C. and M.U. Garage. Tel. 63. 
The Mioses PICKETT, Proprietresses. 

lifracombe-"ST. PETROC" 

BOARDING ESTABLISHMENT. Situated on Level. Adjoining 
famous iorrs Walks and Tunnels, Bathing Beaches. Smoke Room, 
40 Bedrooms. Good Cooking and Attendance. Unique Position 
for Winter Residence. Telephone 119. W. L. CH ADDER. 
TQURfNG CAR FOR HIRE. OWN GARAGE. 

Ilfracombe Sl/Sontebello Hotel. 

Family & Commercia]. Terms Strictly Moderate, 
no Extras. Large Dining Hall. Commercial Room. 
Three mins. from Sea. Bedrooms with Sea View. 

^ TciPniione 40. Miss CREEK. Manageress. 

BDG. 
ESTAB. 

Granville Road. Ideal Situation. South Aspect. Two minutes 
from Tunnels, Bathing Beaches, Capstone Promenade, Torrs 
Walks, Tennis Courts, &c. Four minutes from Pier. Baths 
(h. &c.). Table d'Hote 7 p.m. Sep. Tables. Ex. Cuisine. Mod. 
Terms. Mrs. T. H. THORNE. Proprietress. 

Ilfracombe PORTLAND HOUSE 

BOARDING ESTABLISHMENT. Pleasantly situ 
ated. Splendid Sea View. Near Capstone Parade, 
Pavilion, Pier and Bathing Beach, Electric Light 
Throughout. Moderate Terms. 
^ Apply Mrs. STROUT, Proprietress. 

Ilfracombe ARLINGTON K"' 

Overlooking Sea and Capstone Parade. Near Pier, 
^ Steamer Landing and Bathing Beaches. Good 
Cuisine. Liberal Table. Moderate Terms. > 

PROPRIETOR. 



lEf raoombe THE ENFiELD 



ILFRACOMBE, 



cc 



CECIL" PRIVATE HOTEL. 

f INEST Position on Sea Front. Adjoining Capstone Parade and Pavilion. 

,■ Magnificent Sea Views. Excellent Cuisine. Table d'Hote daily. 

Separate Tables. Garage. Moderate Tariff. Private Motor Cars lor Hire. 

'Phone 121. F. A. ENILL> Proprietor. 



^ 



Ilf racombe — Keswick 3 7 

llfracombe-'The Wildersmouth" 

PRIVATE HOTEL (Sea Front). Only Boarding Establishment with 
Sea Views 'rom every Window. Comfortable and Congenial. Most 
Popular in Neighbourhood. Inclusive Terms. 'Phone 2, 
_^ H BLACKMORE. Resident Proprietor. 

Ilfracombe-MONTPELIER HOUSE ^fMyfJi^ 

BOABDING ESTABLISHMENT. Magnificently Situated, Com- 
manding Uninterrupted Sea View. Central for Town, Beaches 
and Parade. Dining and Drawing Room, with Balcony facing 
Sea. Every Ccmfcrt and Liberal Table. Moderate Terms. 
Mrs. R. STANLEY SHORT. Proprietress. 

Ilfracombe" THE WESTBOUR^E" JLIIV 

BOARDIS^G ESTABLISHMENT. Pleasantly Situated in one of 
the best Residential parts, with Extensive Views of the Torrs froni 
Balconies. On the level, two minutes from Bathing Beaches; 
quite near Sea Front and all places of amusement. Baths 
(H. and C). Under the Personal Supervision of the Proprietress, 
Mrs. DaDDS, 

WHEELER'S 

nfracombe-PRlVATE APARTMENTS. 

3, Promenade. Situated on Level. Facing Sea. 
Opposite Capstone Parade and Pavilion. Special 
Terms for Winter. Stamp. Every Comfort. IVloderate 
Terms. Mrs. J. R. WHEELER. Proprietress. 



Isle of Man 

(See pages 26, 


52, 


53) 




Isle of light 

(See pages 31, 


54, 


55 > 


69) 



3SZ 3ES S "Vir X O 2aZ~ (English Lakes). 

ROYAL OAK HOTEL 

Is one of the most Up-to-date and Best-eqtuipped Hotels in the District. 

ESTABLISHED over 200 years. Situated in the most commanding 
position in the town, and within a few minutes' walk of Derwentwater 
Lake, Golf Links, and Fitz Park. The Hotel has been honoured with 
the patroTi ge of the late King Edward VII ,when Prince of WalesV and 
other Royal Personages. Special Winter Tariff. 

VVeil-appoiuicu roui-m-hand Coaches and Motor Chars-a-bancs leave hiotel 
daily to all parts cf the Lake District. Garage for 100 Cars on the 
Premises. Officially appointed Hotel for A.A. and M.U. 
Proprietors— THE LAKE DISTRICT HOTELS, Ltd. 
Telephone 23. Mr D. N. PAPE, Resident Director, 

Keswick-Quee n's Kotel-rz-^lt'SerS^fef & SI! 

rounding Mountains. Close to Lake, Golf Links, Fitz Park, &c. Re- 
commended M.U. and A.A. Headquarters. C.T.C. The well-known 
Lake District Coaches, Ltd., & Blotor Chars-a-bancs leave Hotel dailv 
for all parts. Special Winter Tariff. GARAGE for 100 Cstts, 

Tels., " Caterer, Keswick ' 'Phone 54. Apply MANAGERESS. 
Proprietors, THE LAKE DISTRICT HOTELS, LTD. 



38 



Keswick — Leamington 




KESWICK HOTEL. 



KESWICK. 

The Centre of Lakeland. 

Derwentwater, Bassenthwaite, 
Loweswater, Wast water, Thirl- 
mere, Grasmere, Rydal, Win- 
dennere, Ullswater& Coniston 
Lakes, &c., all easy of access. 
— Make the KESWICK 
HOTEL your Headquarters 
and Visit the above Lakes 
by Coach or Motor. I d clusi v e 
Rates. Free Golf Coufje. Per- 
fect Sanitation. Illus. Tariff 
on application. Hotel — Mr. & 
Mrs-. WIVELL, Resident Proprie- 
tors. Coaches and Motors— 
WIVELL S COACHES * MOTORS. 
LTD. 'Phone 20. 



KESWICK (English Lakes). First-class. Old Established^ 

Central Situation. Close Lake, Park, Golf Links. 



&c. Eicctric Ligrht. 
Tables. 



Sep. 



e^ 



cA"*" 



hba. 



•*«'^o3lbi 



Motor & Coach 
Excursion s to all parts. Motors 
"for Hire. Garage. Petrol. Personal Supervision. 
'Phone 77. For Tariff apply E. W. ROBERTS. Proprietor. 



KESWIC^'V.-Most Central. 



Easy Distance to Golf Links, 
Lio 



teusei): 



FitzPark & Lake Derwentwater. Elec 

Throughout. Garage- Appoi 

R.A.C. 'Phone 71.^ _...„.,.«■■ -- ^^^^^ 

During Season 
Motors & Coaches Leave 
Hotel for all Parts of Lake District. 'Bus meets 
Special Winter Terms. Mrs E. GILLESPIE. 




m^Si 



Trains. 



Keswick-Birundholm Hotel '^^:^VL-o^^^. 

Situated amid beautiful Mountain Scenery. Close to Lake Derwent- 
water. Recommended. Miss A. MILLER, Proprietress. 



KESWI ^r^m — Visitors stiould xCoS«5i-Vo Car Accoi 
in one of the Private A. A, 

Recommended 



"ocK 



rup 



GAR^SS^ 



AT 
QUIRK'S GARAGE^ 

The only Ideal Accommodation in the District 
Phone 61. Cars for Hire. Repairs.:,' '■ 



Leamington-Crown Hotel, ^'^r^t^^^^^iit^nfj^ni 

Cuisine. Close Stations, PumpRm. & Jephson Gdns. 'Phone654. 
Tels., " Crown, Leamington." F. V. WALFORD, Proprietor. 

Leamington-Lothians Boarding House, "^^J'pTmi 

Room, Baths, and Gardens. Comfortable. Good Table. 
Moderate Charges. Mrs. A. NETTLEY, Proprietress. 



Leamington-Lachine 



looking Jephson Gardens. One minute 
from Pump Room and Baths. Lounge. Garage. 
Apply for Terms. Mrs. ASSINDER, Proprietress. 

Leamington-The Guernsey ?rii'i"?fa°S":SiTnte"s?l 

Warwick, Kenilworth, Stratford-on-Avon. Close Pump Room, 
^ Baths, Gardens. 'Phone 643. Mrs. K. M. GERMAN, Prop'tress. 

Leamington-Jephson House g^koSg j7ph»n^gfas: 

Min. fr. Pump Rm. & Parade. Liberal Cuisine. Sep. Tables. Smoking 
Room. Baths (h. &c.). Modei-ate Terms. Mrs. HAMMOND. 



Littlehampton — Llandrindod Wells — Llandudno 39 

LITTLEHAMPTON BEACH ^ HOTEL. 

STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. STANDING IN OWN LOVELY 
GROUNDS. FACING SEA. Thone 55. G. S. STAGEY. 

Littlehampton (wfn?e}''^?'s.rt)-THE WHITE HOUSE. 

Finest Position on Sea Front. Close Beach & Golf Links. Inexpensive 
& Comfortable. See Advertisement on back of Illustrated Guide to 
Littlehampton. Thone 68. Apply to the PROPRIETRESS. 

Littlelampton - " SOUTH LAN OS " ^^& 

Private Hotel. On . Sea Front, Facing South. 'Phone 42. 
Apply Miss WOOD, Manageress. 

LLANDRINDOD WELLS. 



BRYNAWEL HOTEL 

HIGH-CLASS. FINEST POSITION. 
Accommodation for 15^0 Guests. Electric Lift. 

Golfing and Fishing Centre. Tennis. Croquet. 
Billiards. 

Tel. 27. JEFFREY JONES, Managing Director. 

LLANDRINDOD WELLS-MOSTYN HOTEL 

Is a Modem Building, and has Excellent Accommodation. 
Best Position for Golfers. Near Springs and Baths. Electric 
Light Throughout. Lounge, Smoke Room and Private Sitting 
Room and Recreation Room. 
Telephone 88. Apply Mr. & Mrs. J. VV. ARMITAGE. 

LLANDRINDOD WELLS, Midlales-THEGWAUA 

UnTEl Health and Pleasure Resort The Largest Unlicensed 
Hotel in Llandrindod. Lounges, Ladies' Drawing 
Room, Smoke Room, Billiard Room (two tables), Recreation, 
Room for Dances, Concerts, &c. Near Station, Post Office. 
Golf, Tennis, Bowls, and Mineral Springs. Tariff on application. 



LLANDUDNO 




Centrally Situated. Facing Sea. 

Electric Light. 

Two Lifts. 

^---^ .^n^ m^^ ^^ 

Private Garage. 

140 Rooms, TT OTP17 T 

'Phone 391 (3 lines) . H U 1 Ju Ju 

Terms and Full Particulars— 

S. CHANTREY, Managing Director. 



40 



Llandudno 



uLAWDUPWO. — First-class. Central Position. Close to 
Pier, Pavilion, & Golf Links. Ex. Cuisine 
Electric Light. Heated in ^ ^ 

Wi„,.r _ ^^R6**SB1 



THE 



CUAi 



Phone 285. 



^^^^^^^^^^ i-ounge. 
billiard & Smoking Rooms. 
lej5. Clarence Hotel Llandudno. 
For Tariff apply Managkress. 



LLANDUDNO. — ^Facinjr South.— Finest Sea & Mountain Views. 
Loungre, Promenade Verandah. 



Heated Throughout. 



ll^^ 



3::e&S, 



rjr^^il: 



Clo.se Pier, 
Prom, and Two Golf Links 
(Sunday Play). Garage. Fully Licensed. 
Apply Mrs. J. HALL, Proprietress. 



LLANDUONO. Facing the Sea. 



Recreation Room. • Billiards. 
Electric Lift. Tel. Add. 
" Middwood." 



^rv-^ 



SJSwis 






::o^ 



Cte' 



lopet*' 



L(\ceV 



Near 
Tennis Courts. 
Accommodation for 200 Visitors. 
Misses MIDDLETON & WOOD. 



Llandudno-" Ormesc! iff e " ^T'^^^'T^. %TJ. 



Accom. 250 Visitors. 
Evening. Billiards. 



Ballroom. Dancing & Entertainments Each 
'Phone 178. Mr. & Mrs. ALLEN SMITH. 



Llandudno SHERWOOD Bdg. 

Promenade, facing Sea. Splendid 
View of Bay and Ormes. Electric 
Light. Picnics, Motor and Coach Parties arranged. 
Terms Moderafe. Mrs. E. L. PARRY. 

Llandudno-FOUR OAKS ^^'^^^'^;^::SL 

comer to Hydro. Finest Position on Promenade. Entirely open 
to Mountains at back. One min. from Cars. Easy distance Golf, 
Pier, Garage, Tennis and Theatre. Sep. Tables. Excellent Cuisinr. 
Open all tlie year. Xmas i^estivities. Personal Supervision. Good 
Fires in Winter. Good Ventilation in Summer. Telephone 306. 
For Terms npplv Mrs. SIMPSON YATES. Proprietress. 



LLANDUDNO .— First-class Private Hotel.— Centre of 

Links, ' ,--ir . "tC^ 



59 



Grand Parade. Facing: Sea. Close Links, 
Pier, Pavilion, <S:c. Loung-e 

Sep. Tables ' _ __ ,_. 

Electric 

Lig-ht Throu£-hout. 

Personal Supervision. 'Phone 223. 

Mrs. R. BAXTER S: Misses ELT IS. T>oprietrpsses. 

Llandudno DRUMMONDIE^" 

Central. One Minute from Sea, Promenade, and few minutes from 
Pier, &c. Thirty Bedrooms. Electric Light Throughout. Separate 
Tables. Daily Motor Tours in Own Cars. Telephone 417. 
For Terms apply Mrs. WATSON & Miss DENNISON. 



Llandudno — London — Lowestoft — Lymington 41 

LLANDUDNO-' MARSHLANDS' T^r 

Gloddeath Avenue, i^ minutes from Promenade and Pier. Near . 
Three Golf Links, Recreation Ground, and Tennis. Good Position. 
Mountain View. Liberal Table. Every Comfort. Modern Sanita- 
tion. Reasonable Terms. For Terms apply 
Miss RICHARDS (late West End Hotel). 

Llandudno-The Shakespeare ?a%^ta:' k^"^. 

Palladium, &c. Pte Apartments, Oct. to June. Elec. Light. Personal 
Supervision. Mrs. W. L. EDWARDS, Prop 'tress (late of Goleutryn: 

LLAHUUDNO- '^ THE CRfcSC^NT " 

Dl-lwa+A aiA-l-oi "ONE OF THE BEST." Prom. Facing 

rriVCtLC nULUS. Sea. Tel. 274. W. L. MORAN. 



I Imperial Hotels 



^ Lon don i 

B 7 Hots s. 2,0'JO Rooms. Central Position. Room Fitted "T/Q ^ 
g Hot and Cold vVater . batn. Breakfast and Service from ■ / e^ || 




LOWESTOFT. 

Facing Pier & Yacht Basin. Passenger Lift. 

'Phones: Lowestoft ^..^^^^/^ 

394— Hotel Office. ..^^^ W 

395— Visitors' Calls. 

GARAGE 



Two Tennis 

Courts and Croquet 

Lawn within Hotel Grounds. 

Terms and Full Particulars, 

J. B. WHALEY, Resident Proprietor. 



Lowestoft-" ESPLANADE HOTEL. ''-?r„tfTos.^:^ron^°^fa 

Front. Tel. 298. Anplv Proprietors. Mr. & Mrs. TKXXRR. 

Lowestoft south) CLOFORD HOUSE ^^^lV""s 

Sea Views. Redecorated. Ex. Cuisine. Close Bath: no' Stations, Tennis 
Courts, Piers, Golf Links. For Term-, apply to PROPRIETRESS. 



Lymlngton-The ANGEL HOTEL. 

LEADING FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL. Telephone No. 50. 

W. J. FELTHAI\L Proprietor. 

LYMINGTON-THE LONDiSBOROUGH '^^titlnZl 

HOTEL Officially Appointed by the A.A., A.C.U. and 
C.T.C. Telephone No. 188. 

BEST FOR THE HOME 

THE WINDSOR MAGAZINE 

BEST FOR THE HO LID A Y 



42 



Lyndh urst — Lynmouth 



LYNDHURST-STAG HOTEL '^ZIrcV.I 

Officially Appointed by the A.A., A.C.U. and C.T.C. 
Telephone No. 8. 

Lyndhurst Uants)-"Crown Hotel. "-^tsSJ.'^'ebSS"; 

1897). Facing South. Electric Light. 60 Bed & Sitting Rooms, 
Large Gardens. Motor Garage. Livery Stables. Tel. No. 13. 
Telegrams, " Crown, Lyn dhurst." 

LYNMOUTH, N.Devon. 




The Bath Hotel 

Under Entirely New Management. 

M BAREST Hotel to Sea and 
^^ Harbour. Excellent Cuisine. 
Moderate Tariff. 

'Phoae 38 Lynton. 

Telegrams, ** Lord, Lynmouth." 

Under Personal Supervision of 

Proprietor, J. W. LORD. 



LYNMOUTH. 



TORS moxe:l_. 




BEA.UTIFULLY Situated in its Own Grounds, 300 feet 
up, and facing the Sea. Luxurious Ball Room. 
Billiard Room. Garage. 

W. & R. RIDDELL, Proprietors. 

Tels., "Tors, Lynmouth." 'Phone 47 Lynton Exchange. 

BEST FOR THE HOME 

THE WINDSOR MAGAZINE 

BEST FOR THE HOLIDAY 



Lynmouth — Lynton 



43 



LYNMOUTH, NORTH DEVON 



Ji^e Oldest Established First-class Family Hotel. 
tJest Position m Lyumoutii. Two minutes from and Overlooking Sea. 




■f 



@ 



s 



Nearest Hotel to VVatersmeet, Doone Valley, and Most Central for Devon 

and Somerset Staghounds. G.W.Rly. Motor Coaches call at HoteU 

Extensive Garage with all facilities adloimng Hotel. Petrol. 

Private Lock-ups. 

Officially appointed to R.A.C. & A. A. Salmon, Trout and Deep Sea Fishing. 

Golf. Bathing. A. W. GAYDON, Proprietress. 

LYNMOUTH, Devon. 



GRANVILLE HOUSE 




(PRIVATE 
HOTEL). 

Central for Watersmeet, 
Doone Valley, and 
All Places of Interest. 
Close to Sea and ClifE Rail- 
way connecting Lynton. 
Minehead Coach Passes 

Door. 
Touring Car for Hire, and to 

all Places of Interest 
Mrs. T. W. SLANN. 

Proprietress. 
Tel?., " Slann. Lynmouth." 



LYNTON, N. Devon. 

HIGH-CLASS Boarding Establishment. Beautifully situated' iii Ovm 
Grounds, on the sunny side of a hill, about 400 feet above, and 
facing Sea ; commanding Finest Views of Sea and Coast, River Lyn, and 
far-famed Watersmeet Valley. Tels., "Fairholm." Also 



OLDEST Established Boarding House in Lynton. Every Comfort. 
Moderate Terms. H. & C. Baths. Electric Light. 
Terms on application to— The Misses COURTEEN & MADDOC KS. 
Tels., "Waterloo^ Lynton." 



44 



L\-nton 



LYNTON (N. Devon). 

ROYAL CASTLE HOTEL 

In the LORNA DOONE Country. 




Elec. L'ght Thron^hout. Table d'H^te, Renrlinc: and Drawino: Rootis. Newly 

constnicted Lonn?p, vvtli Loveliesl Viiws m Ljp^laiid, 'Bus meets trams. 

Motoi Coaches Daily to MineheaJ and tor Excursions. 

Stag and Fox Hunting. Fishing. Motor Garage. Moderate Tariff. 

"Phone 48. Telegrams—" Castle, Lynton." TOM JOXES, Proprietor. 



LYNTON, N. Devon. IMPERIAL HOTEL. 




Magnincent Position. 600 ft. above Sea. Charming Views of Sea & Headlands. 
Fully Licensed. Heated Throughout. Elec. Light. Garage. Well-appointed Hotel 
for Comfort, Ex. Cuisine & Mod. Tariff. Tels., "Imperial Lynton." 'Phone 50. 



Lvn'^on — Malvern 



45 



I.YNTON. 

DAY DREAMS IN DEVON. 

TO VISITORS. 

LEE ABBEY 

Is now open to receive Guests En Pension. This 
Historic House has been Renovated and Redeco- 
rated Throughout. Electric Light, Central Heating 
and Up-to-date Improvements. Combining the 
Charm, Colour and Comfort of an Old Country House 
with all the Modern Conveniences of an Hotel. 
Restfulness, Seclusion and Peacefulness are secured 
amidst Ideal Surroundings without Isolation. 
RECREATIONS. 

The following are Organised for Guests' Entertain- 
m.ent: Indocrs. Dancing, Table Tennis, Badminton, 
Bridge, and Library. Outdoors. Tennis, Fishing, 
Boating, Hunting and Riding Lessons. The Best 
Bathing in the district (Lee Bay) adjoins Grounds. 
Lynton Golf Links only |-mile from Lee Abbey. 
Rough Shooting. 
GGOdGarag:e. Ample Stabling. Home-gro-v^-n Produce from 
Glorious Old World Garden. See Illustration facing p. 33. 

mum CUFF 

Boarding House. 

FIRST-CLASS. Situated in 
the Famous North Walk. 
Rebuilt and Redecorated 
Sanitation Perfect. Stands 
in Own Grounds, 500 feet 
above and facing Sea. 
Electric Light Throughout. 
W. SLOUGH, 

Proprietor. 
Tels., " Northcliff, Lynton." 




MALVERN, 

ALDWYN TOWER 

Boarding: Establishment. 

FINEST POSITION IN MALVERN. 

BEAUTIFULLY Situated. 600 ft. above 
Sea LeveL Convenient for Town and 
Hiils. Balcony commanding Magnificent 
Views. Highly Recommended. Electric 
Light 

Mrs. FRED. J. SMITH, 
•Phone 304 Malvern. PROPRIETRESS. 




46 Malvern — Margate 

MALVERN WELLS. 

THE ESSIHGTON HOTEL. 

SITUATE 600 feet above Sea Level, and adjoining 
the Hills ; can hardly be surpassed for its lovely 
position and magnificent views over the Hills and the 
fertile valley of the Severn. Perfect Sanitation. 

WATER SUPPLY FROM THE CELEBRATED HOLY WELL 
The Hotel is within 10 minutes' walk of Golf Links. 
Moderate Terms. For Tariff, apply : — 

G. HANSON, Proprietor. 

Malvern-GOLDHILL PRIVATE HOTELfrr^'ll 

Own Grounds. Nearest Hotel to Station, Manor Park, Malvern College 
for Girls. S. Aspect. Elec. Light Throughout. Sanitary Arrangements 
Perfect. Ten mins. HilJs, Public Gardens, Churches & Golf Links. 
Heated Throughout, Handsome Lounge. Ex. Winter Home. Write 
for Descriptive Tariff with Local Views. 
Telephone 91. Apply— Mrs. BRAY HARTLAND. 

MALVERN- CENTRAL HOTEL 

(UNLICENSED). Most Convenient for Visitors and 
Tourists. Replete with every Comfort. Moderate 
Tariff. Also Restaurant in connection. Hot & Cold 

Luncheons Daily. Teas. &c. H. G. BERRY, Prop. 

Malvern-Grosvenor Fn"or„^G°r?^n7s':^°'g,'Shls^: 

Heated in Winter. Magnificent views of the Hills and Severn Valley. 
'Phone 155. Mrs. WALWYN YATES. Proprietress. 

CLIFTONVILLE (Margate)-HOTEL 

ET I f\ R P M ^ P First-ciass Family and Residential. 
■■-^^■^^■^^i^^" (Fully Licensed.) Finest Position 
on Sea Front, close to Palm Bay. Fine Tudor Hall Lounge. Large 
Dining HaU. Comfortable Drawing & Reading Rooms. Billiard 
Room. Elec. Lift to all Floors. Open all the Year. 'Phone 118. 
Tels.. "Hotel Florence. Margate." Mr. & Mrs. \\. JAMIESON. 



I 



Cliftonville ~ FIRST AVENUE 
HOTEL 



Ideally Situated, facing the Oval, and com- 
manding uninterrupted Sea "Views. Open 
Throughout the Year. Excellent Cuisine. 
Reasonable Tariff. Suites of Rooms during Winter Months'. 
'Phone Margate 224. Capt. & Mrs. G. DAWSON. Proprietors. 

Margate (Cliftonville)-WINDSOR HOTEL, 

Dalby Square. First-class Residential. Licensed. BiUiards. 
Orchestra. Facing New Tennis Courts & Bowling Green. Magni- 
ficent Public Rooms; July, September, Xmas, Easter & Whitsun 
HoUdays from 5 Gns., or 15/- per day. August from 6 Gns. Other 
months from 4i Gns.*, or 13/6 per day. Tel. No. 607. 
> -.. F. F. V. BURTON. Proprietor. 

UfiGATE, GLIFTONVILLE-Northdown Parade 

Ua-I-aI GOOD-CLASS FAMILY. Spacious Lounge and 
nWlCI ■—Dining Hall. 'Phone 402. E. T. FASHAM, Ltd. 



Matlock — Monmouth 



47 



SMEDLEY'S 

Hydropatbic Establishment, 

MATLOCK, 



;S3. 



®NE of the largest and most complete in the Kingdom, extensively 
patronised all the year round by Pleasure-seekers as well as those 
requiring Hydropathic Treatment. Daily average of Visitors, over 240. 
An unrivalled suite of Hydropathic Baths, including an up-to-date installa- 
tion of Electrical Apphances' Consulting and Resident Physicians. A large 
Staff (upwards of 50) of trained male and female Nurses, Masseurs, anJd 
Bath Attendants. 

Matlock Golf T.inks — 18 holes, within 15 minutes' walk. 

TERMS : — 13/- to 16/6 per day, inclusive, according to Bedroom, no extra 
charge for Turkish and Ordinary Hydropathic Baths. 

Illustrated Prospectus on application to — 

H. CHALLAND, Managing Director. 



Teles.rains—*^ Smedleys, Matlock." 



Telephone No. 17. 



MATLOCK. 




THE 

LILYBANK HYDRO, 

LTD. 

Bracing. Health & Pleasure 
Resort the year round. Beauti- 
ful Ballroom, Spring Floor. 
Extensive Grounds. Ex. Cui- 
sine. Elec. Light Throughout. 
Central Heating. All Hydro 
Baths Free to Visitors. Garage, 
Six Lock-ups. Tennis, Bowls, 
Croquet, Billiards. Terms 
Moderate. 'Phone 81. 

Mr. & Mrs. JOHN KAY, 

Managers. 



MATLOCK BATH, DERBYSHIRE-NEW BATH HOTEL. 

Under- Entirely New Management. Free Garage. 
Thermal Swimmirig Bath. Famous Chef. Special 
Attractions lor the Winter Season. 'Phone, Matlock 39. 
Tels. " New Bath, Matlock Bath." Tariff on Application. 
PROPRIETOR. ' 

Monmouth— BEAUFORT ARMS HOTEL 

First-class Tourist Ho.use. Finest Garage in the 
Wye Valle}^ : Table d'Hote 7.30 p.m. Separate 
Tables. Finest Cuisine; and Wines at Moderate 
Charges. Telephone 10 Monmouth. 



48 



Minehead — Mortehoe 



MINEHEAP, SOM. 

STRAND PRIVATE HOTEL 

IMMEDIATELY Facing Sea. Commanding Extensive Views of the 
Bristol Channel, North Hill, Moors, Golf Links, &c. Balcony extends 
entire length of Hotel. Electric Light. Baths (H. & C). Private Sitting 
Rooms if Required. Under Person alJSupervis ion. Nearest Hotel to Golf Links. 
'Phone 144. Telegrams, " Strand Hotel." 

Tariff on Application. F. STEVENS, Proprietor, 

MINEHEAD, Somerset. ^ 

BEACONWOOD. 

PRIVATE Residential Hotel. 

Beautifully Situated on the 
North Hill. Standing- in Own Grounds, 
Facing due South. Highest and Best 
Position in the District. Magnificent 
Sea and Land Views. Close to Pine 
Woods. Billiard and Smoking Rooms. 
Tennis in Own Grounds. Every 
Comfort. Electric Lighting. Ex- 
cellent Cuisine. Centre for Meets 
of Staghounds. Garage. I. P. Tariff 
on Application to PROPRIETOR. 
Special Terms for Winter Visitors. 
Tels., "BEACONWOOD." 'Phone 32. 




MORTEHOE, N, DEVON. 




Telegrams, " Watersmeet. Mortehoe." 



'WATERSMEET' 

First-Class 
Private Hotel. 

Charmingly situated in 
Own Grounds, adjoining 
Sea & Beach, with private 
path. Close to famous 
Woolaco mbe Sands. 
Flee. Light Throughout. 
Good Bathing. Motor 
meets trains by appoint- 
ment. Tennis, Croquet 
and Bowls. Golf Links 
(i8-holel. South Aspect. 
Highest references in 
Visitors' Books. Mod. 
and Inclusive Terms.- 
•Phone 3 Woolacorabe. 

A. E. CHUGG, Proprietor. 



MORTEHOE, N. Devon. 

Boarding Establishment. 

Standing in Own Grounds, 
leading to Bathing Beaches. 
Overlooking Sea. Good Ac- 
commodation for Families. 
Every Comfort. Personal 
Supervision. Golf. Shooting. 
Special Winter Terms. Pri- 
yate Suites of Rooms. Also 
Furnished House to Let. 

Terms from 21 Guineas, 

according to Season. 

Mrs.W.G CONIBEAR, 
Proprietress. 




Mullion — Newquay 



49 



MULLION, CORNWALL. 

■p I R S T-C L A S S. 
^ Largest in Dis- 
trict. Electric Light. 
Close to Sea. Good 
Beach. Bathing and 
Boating. Close to 
snd Nearest to Splen- 
did Goif Links 18 

holes). 
Motor Garage. 

Station^Heiston. 
Apply MANAGER. 



POLDHU HOTEL. 




MULLION, South Cornwall. 

POLURRIA^ HOTEL. 

FIRST-CLASS. Stands in its Own Grounds of 4 acres. 
Replete in all Modern Appointments. Large Lounge. 
Electric Light Throughout. Facing Sea. Good Boating 
and P^ishing. Splendid Sands. Near Excellent Golf Links 
(18 holes). Visitors driven to same free at stated times. 
Garage. Terms lYloderate. Apply MANAGER. 

Y/oolacoml)e Bay (Mortehoe) 

(See page 71) 

New Forest 



(See pages 41 and 42) 



T^: 



I '\^' Q TJ Jk^ "^r , 

HEADLAND HOTEL 

PATRONISED BY THE ROYAL FAMILY. 

BEST Position on Cornish Coast. Most Comfortable Hotel. 
Moderate Tariii. Open all Winter. Hard Tennis Courts 
for all year round play recently added. Two Billiard Tables. 
.Motor Garage. G.W.R. Corridor Through Train all seasons. 

Ofiieially appointed by the Royal Automobile Club. 
The Only Hotel in Newquay adjoining the Golf Links. 



PRIVATE 
>SOTEL. 

Situated in the best part of Newquay, facing Sea and Bathing 
Beaches, with fine Views. Close to Station. Excellent Cuisine. 
Separate Tables. Electric Light. Perfect Sanitation. Near 
Tennis Courts. Every Comfort. Terms Moderate. Highly 
Recommended. Mrs. HALL. Proprietress. 



Series, 1923-24J 



50 



Newquay — North Wales 



Newquay. Comwali. 

ST. RUMON'S 

Private 
Boarding Hous3. 

BEAUTIFULLY situ- 
ated, facing the Sea. 
Adjoining Beach & Golf 
Links. Own Garage. 
Terms Moderate and 
Inclusive. 'Phone 78. 
Mrs. JOHNS. 

Proprietress. 




NSWQUAY, CORNWALL 




r^ARROW CLIFF 



Private Hotel i^i^iSi^'') 

Sea View. Close to Beack 
and Station. Electric Light. 
Tennis Courts. Certificated 
Sanitation. Terms Moderate 
and Inclusive. 

Special Winter Terms. 
Mrs. VERRAN. 
Proprietress. 



NEWQUAY, CORNWALL. 



TREGWELLA 



Newquay-" TOLeARNI 



Private Hotel. 

HIGH, Bracing Situation. Magnificent Sea View. 
A few minutes' walfe from Sands and Golf Links. 
Separate Tables. Good Cuisine. Moderate and Inclusivt 
Terms. Personal Supervision. 
Apply PROPRIETRESS. 

yy PRIVATE 
HOTEL. 

Facing Sea and Bathing Beaches. BALLROOM. GAB AGS. 
Finest English Catering. Most Reasonable Terms. Newly 

Furnished. Electric Light. Separate Tables. Thirty-fivt 
Bedrooms. Write to-day for Tariff and Booklet. 
Tels.,'*' Farmer, Newquay." GRAHAM-FARMER, Proprietor. 

North Wales Holiday Resorts. 

Unrivalled Scenery. Attractions to Suit All. Per- 
fect Climate. A Beautifully Illustrated Descriptive 
Booklet on receipt of ijd. Postage. — Write 
Secretary, W.L., N. Wales Advertising Board, 3, 
Brynhyiryd Terrace, Conway. 



Norwich — Oxford 



51 



NORWICH. 



ROYAL HOTEL 

piRST- CLASS MODERN HOTEL. Furnished by 
-*■ Maple & Co. Pubhc Restaurant. Popular Prices. 
Night Porter. 

Telephone 1411 Norwich. 

HENRY L. CLARK, Managing Director. 



AID'S 

HOTEL. 



WOBa B'^L. mH^ 



\/fOST Interesting 15th Century House. Beautifully 
Furnished and brought up to date. New Bath 
Rooms and Sanitary Arrangements. 

Telephone 85 Norwich. 

HENRY L. CLARK, Managing Director, 

OXFORD. — Firsi-ciass Family. Centre of Higii St. 
ESTABLISHED 1400. Elec, Light. 
Telephoae ^6. 



thC^^ 



ViOTft 



UfO. 



illiazds. 

Morris's Gar&fa. 
Telegraphic Address—^'' Mitre, Oxford." 
NigM Porter. Apply MANAGER. 



OXFORD. 



RESIDENTIAL HOTEL 



IFFLSY ROAD. 

Terms Moderate. 

Telephone 776. 




Near Colleges and Rives. 
Accommodation for Motorisift, 
Good Public Rooms. 
Private Sitting Rooms if reaniwi. 
Miss BAKER, ProprietreaSi 



13 to 17, 
MAGDALEN STREIT. 



Oxford-OXENFORD HALL, 

prtpate auD 1Resi5eutial IboteL 

In the Centre of Citj. Near Co eges, and opposite Martyrs' Memorii!. 
T^rms Moderate. 'Phone 748. M!SS W.^TSON. 

BEST FOR THE HOffiE. 

The WINDSOR 

BEST FOR THE HOLIDAY. 



52 Paignton — Penzance — Plymouth — Port Erm 

PAIGNTON, TORQUAY, 

GOODRINGTON HOUSE 

PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL HOTEL, 




Taken by Aerco Aerials Ltd. 

Finest Position on Tor Bay. An Ideal Summer and Winter Resort. Terms 
En Pension according to Season and Room. Electric Light. Two Large 
Lawns. Home~ Grown Fruit and Ve.^etables. Garage. For Safe Bathing on 
Own Sandy Beach. Nearest Chursfon Golf Links Two miles to Club House. 
No Roads to Cros<s 'Phone PAIGNTOK 161. Apply to PROPRIETOR. 

Penzance— CENTRAL HOTEL 

Under Entirely New IVIanagement. 

Three Minutes from Sea and Station. Electric Light Throughout. 
'Phone 89. J. S. RICHARDS, Resident Proprietor. 

(-12 vears Wvvern Hotel, Leicester). 

Penzance, Gornwail-BEAGHFIELD 

fF% ■ _X-. tl ^Jm^\ Splendid Summer and Winter 
r nVfllTfi nnTfil Residence. Situate on Prome- 
I I IWaL^ IBULvl. nade, with Full View of Mount's 
Bay, The Lizard, St. Michael's Mount, &c. Sanitation Perfect. 
Baths (h. & c). For Terms Apply Mrs. ROLLESTON, Proprietress. 

Plymouth-PEARSE'S HOTEL, fru'JonTeet.^XSe^! 

Central. Near Millbay Station. Garage. A.C.U., C.T.C. 
,'Phone 1812. Moderate Tariff. 

Port Erin-" SNMFELL " ^nTtt^^ 

Finest Position on Promenade. Facing Bay. Closs to Links. 
Accommodation for 120 Visitors. Large Ballroom. Highly Re- 
commended. Tariff on Application, 
T. N. SCOTT, Proprietor. 

Port Erin, LM.-Headlancls Private Hotel.- 

Overlooking the whole Bay and Headlands. Adjoining Golf Links. 
GARAGE. Personal Supervision. Tariff. Apply P. DANSON. 



Port Erin — Portree — Ramsey — Ramsgate — Rhyl 53 

Port Erin, I.M.-Eagle Hotel-c^i'^™':^a..7ai!i 

Boating, Bathing, Fisliing, and Tennis. Moderate and Inclusive 
^ Tarifi. Tels. " Eagle. Porterin." W. WHITHAM, Proprietor. 

Port Erin, Isle of Man-" SEA MOUNT." ^ab^'n-adnglS 

Centre of Prom. Nr. Golf Links, Tennis, Bowling Green & Station. 
Beautiful Views. Personal Supervision. Mr. & Mrs. J. E. SHEARD. 

PORTREE, SECYE , 

"Over the Sea t@ Skp." 

For B Charming and Health-giving Holiday, Magnificent Mountain 
and Loch Scenery, Rest, Romantic Interest, or Variety— 

VISIT THE ISLE OF SKYE. 

L HOTEL, 

PORTREE, ISLE OF SKYE. 

The Largest r.rij Finest Hotel in the Island. 

ISLI OF Sli¥i View Book. ^ 

Twenty Magnificent Photos and Visitors' Guide, Is. 6d. 
J. SSVIPSON, Portree. 

RAMSEY, f.E^.— RAMSEY HOUSE 



Boarding EstaMisliment. 



Opposite Queen's Pier. Two 
mins. from Electric Car (Queen's 

Drive Crossing). Near Tennis, Bathing, Yachting and Golf. 

Established. 27 years. Dinner 7 p.m. Tariff on Applicatipn. 

Tels., " Ramsey House, Ramsey, Man." Under the Personal 
Supervision of Mr. & Mrs. A. O. CAINE. 

Ramsgate |f,?p HOTEL SANCLU, 

Magnificent and Unrivalled Situation. Facing Sea, full South. 
. Spacious Lounge, Smoking, Billiard, and Dining Rooms. 
Sep. Tables. A First-clans Eotel with a First-class Reputation, 
E. CHAMPXEYS-TAYLOR, Resident Director. 




^•iJVw:Hl&||5l|^;*li 



Rhyl, H. Wales-" Plastarion" ^:^^S:^S^i^ 

Links. Smoke Rms., Lounge, &40 Large Bedrooms. Elec. Light. 
Terms on application. 'Phone 170. VV. L. MITCHELL, Prop'tresa. 



7' 




54*^ St. Ives — St. Leonards — Sandown^Scarborough 

CHY-AN-DREA Residential Hotel. 

ST. IVBS, OORNWALI . 

Ten minutes (by train) from 
West Cornwall Golf Links. 

Beautifully situated,facinf 
St. Ives Bay, Lovely 
Views from large Bay 
Windows. Dining, Draw- 
ing and vSmoking Rooms 

face the Sea. 
For Terms apply 
Mrs. F. C. WHEELER, 
Proprietress, 
'Phone 7n. 

tT. IVES, CORr^VvALL . 

"TREVESSA" 

PRIVATE AOT) 
lESIDEKTIAL HOTEL. 

Adjoining Bathing Eeach. 

Ciosa to GolS Links and 

Tennis Courts. 

Garage Near. 

Ipsea&l Winter Terms. 

'Phone St. Ives 43. 

Telegrams : Trevessa 

Hotel, St. Ives, Cornwall. 

Terms, Miss NEWTON, 

Resident Proprietress. 

St. Lecnards-on-Sea-FLORENCE HOUSE 

Boarding Esta^lLShmenf, 44, Eversfield Place. On 
Sea Front. In Premier Position, close to Hastings" 
Pier, Bowling Greens, and Tennis Lawns. Strictly 
Moderate Terms. Apply PROPRIETOR. 

St. Leonards-on-Sea-CROMWELL 

PRBVATE HOTEL. Occupies an Unrivalled Posi- 
tion on Sea Front, Facing St. Leonards Pier. 
Excellent Public Rooms. Sep. Tables. Mod. Terms. 
'Phone 807 Hastings. Tariff from RESIDENT PROPRIETOR. 

Sandown, 1.1. -THE SAKDRIMGHAM HOTEL gT'S^i^. 

nade. Spacious Dining Room, Lounge, & Drawing Room. Terraced 
Gardens. Winter Terms. Tel. 66. Mr. & Mrs. THOMAS. Prop^tors. 

Sisdown-Seagr©¥©^'!i^^n2r^o1it?,Ta"''T^^ 

Moderate. 'Phone G5. H. A. CHILD, Proprietor. 

PAVILION HOTEL. 

The Best Appointed Hotel in Scarborough. R.A.C.. 
A.A„ 'Phone 70- R. E. LAUGHTON. 




Scarborough — Seaton — Shanklin — Sidmouth 55 

Scarborough PRINCE Of WALES 

UflTF I — First-class. Facing South and Over- 
nU I CL looking Bay. Enclosed Suites. Close 

to South Gliff Golf Links. tels., " Princely, Scarboro'." 
'Phone 925, 926. H. FURNISS. Proprietor. . 

Scarborough — CAMBRIDGE 

U flTI" I Sheltered Position near Golf, Tennis, 
llU I £!■■ Spa, Gardens, Sands, &c Comfort 
Assured. R.A.C, A. A. Lift. Garage. 'Vhone 222. 

Miss TAYLOR, Manageress. 

Scarborough— G R A N V I L L E 

L SOUTH CLIFF, Ctntrt of Esplanade. Over- 
looking Spa, Italian Gardens and Bathing 
f Pool. Telephone No. 399. Telegrams, " Hotel 
Granville, Scarboro'." Mr. & Mrs. W. TRUEFITT, 
Resident Proprietors. 

Scarborough-RIVIERA 'h"o'/e1:' 

St. Nicholas' CSiff. Overlooking South Bay, Spa, 
Sands & Cliffs. Modem Furnishings. Sep. Tables. 
High-class Catering. Tels., "Riviera, Scarboro'." 
'Phone 479. E. DAYSON-CROSLAND, Resident Proprietor. 

QnflPhAI»Alldh Qwiff'o Private Hotel, North Cliff.— Facing Sea and 
OUliUUiUUgll— OWllL Gardens. 70 Bedrooms. Every Comfort. 
Billiards. Moderate Terms. See Illustrated Advt. in Ward Lock's 
Yorkshire Guides. ^_ J. B. SWIFT, Proprietor. 

SEATON, Devon-WESTLEIGH Private 

U /^T E? I On Sea Front. Terms Mod. Home Comforts. 
"^toy 1 g«faii 'Phone 25. Mrs. WALLACE, Proprietress. 

SHANKLIM i W — keats green. 

l9niriBll%blll| ■■fWi Endymion — "A thingof beauty is a joy for ever." 
fiC RIPiyi-il^lM " on Keats Green. High-clasa 
ESbiESii^n^llVli Boarding Establishment. 

Good Cuisine. Separate Tables. Electric Light. Magnificent 
Sea Views. Private Entrance on to the Green, where the Town 
Bacd plays. For Terms apply 

Mrs. E. F. SHORTT, Proprietress. 

ShankSin Towers, I.W. l°v?4Krc^;;eS;/cr*1i 

Ideal spot for a Holiday. Rubble & Grass Tennis Courts. Billiards. 
Croquet. Bowls. Moderate Tariff Mr. & Mrs. W. L. GOULD. 

Sheringham-MOSTYN ^SiW'^"'STj.^BiS^.^*- 

MOSTYN. lest Rantop, goTit ''y°°H.g^-^°' 

SIDMOUTH, S. Devon-HORTOM GARTH ^i^^ 

Pleasantly Situated. In Best Position. Facing South and Saa« 
Garden. Sanitary Certificate. Golf, Badminton, Tennis, Cricket, 
Croquet. Foxhounds. Fishing. Boating. Coaching and Steamef 
Excursions. Electric Light Throughout and Gas Fires in all Bed- 
rooms. Special Winter Terms. Miss HOGGETT, Proprietress. 



56 



Sidmouth 



SIJDIVIOXJTM MOTELS. 

VICTORIA 'HOTEL & FORTFIELD HOTEL. 

THESE two fine Hotels, of Sidmouth Hotels Company, Limited, are 
situated near Sea and Baths and Golf Links. Electric Light. Passenger 
Lifts. English Managers and Waiters. Excellent Motor Garages with 
Lock-up Compartments. R.A.C., M.U., A.A. Visitors at these Hotels have 
•pe^*%l advantages at Baths and Golf Links. Exceedingly fine Lounges 
and Public Rooms, and all Rooms are furnished luxuriously. 



VICTORIA I^OTEL 




VISITED BY ROVru Y A^iD MArJY CTliER PEOPLE OF DISTINCTION. 

The Grounds contain a Shelter adjoining the Beach. 

Telephone 11. Apply MANAGER. 

KOFJTF'IELD I-iOTEL-, 




..^^ ^olel has a uniqne position adjoining th^ Cricket Field. Overlookinf 
iht Sea. it also nas a distinguished clientele and a very high reputation. 



TelephoBs 89. 



i^ply MANAGER. 



"v. ■ 



Sidmouth — Southampton — Southport — Stratford 57 
SIDIVIOUTH. 

TORBAY VIEW. 

A First-class Private Hotel. ^ 

niNEST Position, overlooking Sea & Cricket Field. 
^ Garage adjoining. Spacious Lounge & Drawing 
Room. Hot & Cold Water & Lavatory Basin to all 
Bedrooms. Electric Light. Excellent Cuisine. 

'Phone Sidmouth 90. Mrs. SANDERS, Resident Proprietress. 

Southampton-HAMTUN HOUSE HOTEL, 

Private & Residential, Hulse Road. — In Select Residential Neigh- 
bourhood, Close to the Avenue, Common, Tennis and Croquet 
Clubs, oolf Links, and adjoining Cricket Ground. 3 minutes to 
Trams. Under Entirely New Management. Well-appointed and 
thoroughly Up-to-date. An Excellent Cuisine and Moderate 
Tariff. Further particulars from The ^LANAGERESS. 

SOUTHSEA, 

CORINTHIAN HOUSE 

Western Parade. Comfortable BOARDING ESTABLISHMENT. 

Moderate Terms. Special Feature : Holiday Apartments.' — Bed- 
room with Breakfast, from 25 /- per week. Apply PROPRIETOR. 

Southsea" SANDRINQHAIVI " l^rel" 

Facing Sea and Common. Electric Passenger Lift. 
Telephone 3883. Proprietor, ALFRED GRIGSBY. 

hm iHPORT- PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL. 

"THE LEADIi^li ho I EL." Also ROYAL HOi£L, 
Go>f. Garage. Home Farm. Promenade. 

Soythp®rt-lfesketh Park Hydro Ltd.- 

Premier Hydro. Electric Lift. Tennis. Close Sea and Golf 
Links. Illus. Tariff. 'Phone 1355. Telegrams — " Rockfev." 

Sou-£sip©rx-iCenwortny's Mydro.-''^'^ "-^f^. 

Sunny Aspect. Ivear Pier & Lord Street. Lift. Tarifi from t2/- 
daily. 'Phone 80. Tels., " Kenworthv's." Apply MANAGERESS. 

Soutliport-' HOTEL GORDON ' WS^'^^'I^^^'T^ 

Street. Tennis and Croquet in Own Grounds. Near to Golf 
Links. Illustrated Tariff on Application. Telephone 1501. 

STMTFORD-OH-AYON-THe ARDEN HOTEL, o'^Vrtt 

the Memorial Theatre. The Interior is Attractive and Furnished 
with Old Oak. Shady Garden. Modem Sanitation. Every Com- 
fort and Good Service. A Special i^eature is made of the Restaur- 
ant where Dainty Lunches, Teas and Dinners are Served. 
The Misses CRAN & WATNEY (late of Old Vicarage, Stratford- 
on-Avon). 'Phone 46. Garage. 



Stratford-on-AYon 

(See also pages 58 and 71) 



58 Stratford — Symonds Yat — Teignmouth— Tenby 



Stratford-on-Avon-AVONHURST 

BOARDING ESTABLISHMENT, JOHN STREET. 

Most Central for Warwick, Leamington, Kenilworth, and all Places 
of Shakespearean Interest. Terms Moderate. 

Miss WILDBLOOD, Proprietress. 

Symonds Yat-Royal Hotel i!^:c&T<!Io^rc!s'^tl 

Tintem Abbey. Ex. Motor Road right up to Hotel. Garage. Petrol. 
Fishinpf. Tennis. Boating. A. M. SOUTHEPvN, Crown Lessee. 

Teignmoyth MARINA •^"JSIK."^^ 

Finest Position. S.W. Aspect. Sea Front. Un- 
mterrupted Views. Starting point of Steamers. 
Accessible for Dartmoor Excursions. Appointed 
A.A. &M.U. Illus. Tariff . Thone55. E. W. PARSONS. 

TglflWMOUTH, 8. DEVON— Open all the year round. '^r"^'^"- ^*T^ 

•iapted for Winter Residence, & occupies 1 1 " *^' 

iaost position on Esplanade, farin or ■ j i If i I E — 

S«u Close Greens. ^ Q j tl V *^ -^ ^ ^* **' 

tt^^W^ I \\% M"" Views from all windows finest 

^ in Teign^mouth. Elec. Light Throughout. 

•Phone 134. Write for Tariff, Mrs. A. HUGHES, Proprietress. 



TEIGNMOUTH. S. Devon. 




CLIFTON 

Private Hotel. 

Old-established. Tel. 127 

Situated on Sea Front. 
Magnificent Viev/. Close 
to Bowling Greens and 
Tennis Courts. Electric 
Light Throughout. 

Special Winter Terms. 

For Terms, apply 

Mrs. NUTMAN. 



Tsignmoutti iSPLANAii ^S: 

South Aspect. Most Prominently Situated on Sea 
Front. Unrivalled Sea and Promenade Views from 
all windows. High-class Cuisine. Separate Tables. 

_ Tel. 150. Mr. & Mrs. L. FRENCH. Resident Proprietors. 

Teignmouth— "Portland" Eotel. 

Private Hotel. Finest Position on Sea Front. Winter Residence, 
Central Heated. 30 Bedrooms. Electric Light Throughout. Separ- 
ate Tables. Lounge. BiUiards. Mod. Tarifi. Enlarged 1919. 

Personal Supervision. Mr. and Mrs. A. BUCKNELL. 

Boarding Establishment. Situated on Espla- 
nade. Facing South Bay. Five minutes from 
Golf Links and Tennis Club. Good Cuisine. Maximum Comfort. 
For Tariff apply Miss WILSON, Proprietress. 



Tenby-SOMERSET 



Torquay 
TORQUAY. 

GRAND HOTEI. 

LEADING HOTEL. 



59 



/ -^- ? f^t 




BEST Position. Sea Front. Nearest Station . Ce^itral for Dartmoor. 
One of the Most Modem, Best Equipped Hotels in the Kingdom. 
Excellent Orchestra. Hard Tennis Court. GARAGE. 
Telephone No. 134. 



TORQUAY. 



Belaraoe Botel 




Terms a la Carte or En Pension. 



Telegrams: "Eelgrave Hotel.' 
Telephone 68. 



DELIGHTFUL Situation 
on Sea Front. 

Charming and Extensive 
Grounds facing Tor Bay- 

Tennis, Croquet, Billiards, 
Dancing. 

Electric Light, Heating and 
all Modem Conveniences^ 

New Recreation Room. 

GARAGE. ^ 

EzceUent Coisine and Wineft 



A. BAKER, Proprietress. 



TORQUAY. 



ROSLIN HALL S^'^i^I' 



L-*^'^il8at Cuisine. 



Grounds Leading to Sea Front. 
Inclusive Terms. 




RECENTLY ENLARGED. Garage. Tennis and Croquet Lawns. 

Easy Access to Two Golf Links. Public Rooms include Dining, 
Drawing, Smoking, Billiard, Recreation, and Lounge. 
Tel ephone 113. Mrs. Wm. GRESHAM. Resident Proprietress. 

TORQUAY. 

TORQUAY'S PREr^ZESi: PR3VATE HOTEL. The only Hots! drectly on Set 
Front, with Private Beating, Br.Shing & Fishing. Sisnny, Bracing, Sheltsrod. 




EXCELLENT Cuisine. Dainty Service. New Garage in Grounds. Fine 
Tennis Court. Miniaiuie Golf Course. New Billiard Room. Central 
Heating. Electric Light. Bedrooms fitted Hot & Cold Lavatory Basins. 
Illustrated Tarifi from Mrs. HARDMAN, Resident Proprietress. 

'Phone 993 Torquay. Telegrams, "991 Torquay.' 



Torquay 



6i 



TORQUAY'S 

MOST CHARMING PRIVATE HOTEL: 

TME GROVE 




Unique Central Position facing Sea. 
TN Ovm Exquisite Gardens within 2 minutes of Royal Yacht Club, 
-*- Medical Baths, Pavilion, Piers and Strand. 

IVtODERN IN EVERY DETAIL. 
Central Heating. Gas Fires every Bedroom. Magnificent Appointments. 

THE ACr.E OF COMFOFST AND REFIFJEIVIENT. 
Finest English Cuisme and Service. Garage. Write for Brochure. 
'Phone 743. ''l.T^ ^' :. \'^'!':5T PLEASES." 




n 



QRQUAY. 

^KISTOR 

Private Hotel, Btlgrave Road. 

Delightfully Situated in Own 
G rounds and facing Tor Bay. 
I min. fr. Sea Front & Electric 
Cars. Central Heating & Elec- 
tric Lighting Throughout. 
Large Reception Rooms, 
Lounge, &c. Tennis. Croquet. 
Lxcellent Cuisine. GARAGE. 
'Phone 325. 
Miss BAKER, Prop'tkess 



TORQUAY. 



^SHEfiWOOD' 




PRIVATE HOTEL, 

BELGRAVE ROAD. 
Under New Management. 
Delightfully Situated in Own 
Grounds and Facing Sea Front. 
One min. from Elec. Cars and 
Princess Gardens. Adjoining 
New Public Tennis Courts. 
Electric Light. Lounge. Sep. 
Tables. Moderate Terms. 

Phone 635. Mr. & Mm. W. G. DURBIN, Resident Proprmtom. 



62 

TORQUAY. " 

FACING SOUTH. 

"Bute Court" 

High-Class Private Hotel. 

CHARMINGLY situated in own 
grounds facing Sea Front ; one 
of the most sheltered positions; 
Private Walk to Sands ;nr. Medical 
Baths, Station, Princess Gardens, 
Pier, Pavilion, Golf Links and 
Tennis Courts. Every Convenience. 
Spacious Rms. Smoking Lounge. 
Billiards. Central Heated. Cro- 
quet. Own Garage and Stabling. 
Mr. & Mrs. BOND, 
'Phone 143. Proprietors. 



Torquay 




Also INGLEWOOD First-class Private Noiel. 



,.v%S*»i«S.*^ \JK» 




"TIIETOWEiS"ESTEL!" 

1 OeSgs-'ava Road, 

/^KARMINGLY Situated 
j v^ facing S. Magnificent Sea 
I and Landscape Views. ^ Few 
! mins. fr.Torbay Sands, Princess 
I hardens, Pier, Pavilion & Sta- 
tion. Use of Pte. Grounds 8» 
Park to Sea Front. Motor 
Chars-a-bancs run Daily from 
Hotel to all Places of Interest. 
Car Hieets Visitors on arrival if 
desired. Splendid Winter Resi- 
dence. Entirely New Manage- 
mjnt. Mrs. R. MORTIMER. 
Resident Prop'tress 



BELFIiLD 

ROAD. nr 



TORQUAY. 

CEOPT 

Standing in Own Grounds & Park. 
Unique position, facing South. 
Entirely sheltered from N. & E. 
winds. Overlooking Bay. Mag. 
Sea'& Landscape Views. Ideal 
Summer & Winter Resoit. Every 
Comfort & Good Cuisine. Personal 
Supervision. Tels., " Belfield, 

Croft Road, Torquay." 
For Terms apply 

HOGGETT & RICHARDSON, 
Proprietors. 



HIGH- 
GLASS 



E^mVATE HOTEL, 




"ALLiiRDALE" 




RESIDENTIAL 
HOTEL. 

v;iOUTH Aspect. Facing 

'-^ Sea. Large Sheltered 

Garden abutting Grounds 

of Tennis & Croquet Club, 

with Private Walk to Sea, 

avoiding all hills (two 

minutes). Inclusive Terms. 

Central Heating. 

Electric Light. 

Separate Tables. 

Garaf e. Telephone 667. 

Mr. & Mrs. C.R.EVANS, 

Resident Proprietors. 



Vv. 



Torquay 



63 




TORQUAY . 

ALVANLEY 

PRIVATE HOTEL. 

Beautifully Situated. Stand- 
ing in its Own Grounds. South 
Aspect. Overlooking Torbay. 
3 mins. through Pte. Park to 
Sea Front. Electric Light 
Through ^^:t. Gas Fires in 
Bedrooi^i Garage. Baths 
(h. & c). Sanitary Certificate. 
'Phone 766. Illustrated Tariff 
on application. 
Mr. & Mrs. VV. A. NEEDS. 



TORQUAY, 

HOTEL WilDERMERE, LTD. 

CARY CRESCENT. 

:iSCXC3'3a.-OX..^uS@ SS. O -C 3E3 Xai . 

South Aspect and Magnincent Sea Views. Open Balconies. 
Separate Tables. Centrally Heated. Excellent Cuisine. 
An Ideal Winter and Summer Residence. Constant Hot 
Water. Terms from £3 3s. to £8 6s. per week. 
'Phone 963. Apply C. J. HAYES, Resident Director 

TORQUAY. 

TOURAINE 

PRIVATE HOTEL. 

SOUTH Aspect. Splendid Sea 
Views. Near Sands, with 

Ex. Bathing, Theatre, &c. 
H.W. Radiators in Bedrooms. 
Electric Light. Own Tennis 
Lawn. Five Bathrooms and 
handsome fixed basins in Bed- 
rooms, with constant hot and 
cold water supply. 'Phone 188. 
For Illus. Tariff, apply 

Mr. & Mrs. V. ADAMS. 




TORQUAY^ 



I 



SEASCAP£ PeiVATE HOTEL. 




ABSOLUTELY Premier Posi- 
tion. Summer & Winter. 
Facing South. Mag, Sea, Coast, 
& Woodland Views. Nr. Garage. 
Central Everything. Central 
Heated. Own Produce. Gar 
den and Pr vat e Park. Electric 
Light Throughout. Motor 
Tours and Picnics Arranged. 
Telephone 18. 



N. 



H. HARRISON, 

pROPRIBtOlL 



64 



Torquay 



TORQUAY. 

DEAUTIFULLY Situated in 
Own Grounds, facing South. 

Within a few minutes of Sea 

Front, Station, and Town. 
Separate Tables. Terms 

Moderate and Inclusive. 

Personal Supervision oi 

Proprietress, 

Mrs. F. M. TURNER. 



WAVERLEY PRIVATE HOTEL 





; TORQUAY. 

WROXHAM 

Boarding Establishment, 
CROFT ROAD. 

Situated in Own Grounds, 
quite close to Sea, Pier and 
Tram Route. Sheltered Posi- 
tion. A Splendid Summer and 
Winter Residence. Invalids' 
Dietary Specially Catered for. 

Resident Proprietress. 
Telephone 699. 
Tels , " Wrox ham, Torquay." 



TORQUAY. 

CONWAY COURT 
HOTEL. 

COUTH Aspect. Over- 
•^ looking the whole of 
Torbay. Three Magnifi- 
cent Balconies. Private 
Entrance to Rock Gar- 
dens. Garage. Illus- 
trated Brochure on 
Application.' Under the 
Personal Supervision of 
THE PRGPRIiLTORS. 
'Phone 88. 




'Grams, "Conway Court, Torquay.' 



TFT>TFg.Cg^-0-j%,^gg-, 




veLLA B£L£A hotel. 

/^NE of Torquay's famous Villa Resi- 
"^ dences. Ideal Situation, due South, 
commanding^ Unequalled Views, includ- 
ing- the whole of Torbay. Spacious 
Loung-es. Elec. Lig-ht Throughout. 
Ex. Cuisine. Good Service. Noise-prool 
double Windows (fronting- Sea). 

Terms from £3 3s. '^ Good Chef. 

WINTER.— Owing- to its* sheltered posi- 
tion, Villa Belza can be strongly recom- 
mended as a Winter Residence, being 
protected from all north & east winds, 
and with its Southern Aspect obtains 
ail the Sun of the day. 
Personal Supervision of Proprietors, 

Mr. & Mrs. J. DENHAM BROWN. 
Telephone No. 72. 
Telegrams, " Villa Belza, Torquay." 



Torquay 



65 



TORQUAY. 

EDENHURST 

Firsi-class Private Hotel 

KJ EAR Pavilion, Medical Baths, 
* ^ Bathing Coves. Pier, Torbay 
Yacht Club, & Elec. Trams to Golf 
Links. Elec. Light. Sep. Tables. 
Terraced Lawn, facing S.W., over- 
looking Sea and Harbour, affords 
one of the finest Panoramic Views 
in the World. 'Phone 589. Tels., 
"Edenhurst, Torquay." Under the 
Persona^ Supervision of 

The HOSTESS. 




TORQUAY , 




THE 

BUNGALOW HOTEL 

OCCUPIES a unique posi- 
tion overlooking Tor 
Bay. Situated in Own 

Grounds. Makes an Ideal 
Winter Residence, sheltered 
frcm the N. and E. Winds. 
Three Mins. fr. New Medical 
Bathe, Pavilion, and New 
Opera House. Central Heat- 
ing. Luxuriously Furnished. 
Excellent Cuisine. 

Apply, MANAGER. 
'Phone iorquiiy 822. 
Tels., "Bungalow, Torquay " 



TORQUAY . 



O'O'OIES. 



PRIVATE HOTEL. 

Situated in Ideal Position ju-t 
above Strand. Overlooking 
Bay. Splendid Views. Five 
acres of ground. Italian Gar- 
den. Tennis Court. Garage. 
Within easy access of many 
Places of Interest. Personal 
Supervision. Ex. Cuisine. 
Individual Comfort of Guests 
studied, i. erms from 5 Gns: 
Mrs. C. G. KENNAWAY. 




TORQUAY, 



LANCASTER 




PRIVATE HOTEL, 

Hesketh Crescent. 

PREMIER Position 
* adjoining Mead- 
foot Bathing Beach. 
Unrivalled Sea View. 
Well Appointed. 
Gas Fire in all Bed- 
rooms. 
Mrs. STARKEY, 

Proprietress. 
Telegrams, 
'Castrian,' Torquay. 
Telephone, 
240 Torquay. 



Series, 1923-24J 



66 



Torquay 



TORQUAY. 

SOUTHLANDS 

PRIVATE HOTEL, 

^ Tierrace Road, 

"A Deligfhtfully Situated 
Detached Residence ^tand- 
ingr ill Own Grounds ot about 
an Acre. Commanding- Magr- 
nificent Sea Views Large 
Lofty Rooms. . Overlooking- 
Torbay. Highly Recom- 
mended. Terms on applica- 
tion. Private Suites of Apart- 
ments during Winter Months. 
" .. Mrs. DAW. Pr'-vnr;p.trf>.9=. 




TORQUAY. 



"SEA LAWN " PRIVATE HOTEL 




Flectric Fires in Everv Bedroom 



Ideal Position on Front. 

On Level. Most Central. 

Separate Tables. 

Excellent Cuisine. 

Moderate Terms. 

GARAGE. 

Visitors' Comfort the first 

consideration ofProprietors 

Mr. & Mrs. J. A.PLUM. 

Phone 774. 

Tels., "Sealawn." 



TORQUAY. 

MARSWORTH 

» PRIVATE HOTEL. 

]V\AGNIFICENT Views- 
' * Tastefully Furnished 
& Decorated. Four mins. 
fr. Shops, Trams, Gardens, 
&c. Electric Light. Sep. 
Tables. Excellent Cuisine. 
Billiards. Terms from3i.. 
Guineas. Thone 78. '- 
Resident Proprietress, 
Mrs. H.E. BEES DN. 




' View from Balcony." 



TORQUAY. 




Boarding Establishment. 

Beautiful Situation. South Aspect. 
Lovely Viev/s of Torbay & surround- 
ing Scenery. Sheltered from N. & E. 
Winds. Central Position for all 
Places of Interest. Excellent and 
varied Cuisine. Large Drawing 
Rooms, opening on Balconies, over- 
looking Torbay. Billiard & Smoke 
Rooms. Baths (H.&C). Terms 
on Application. 'Phone No. 391. 
^Irs. COOMBES CROSSLEY, 

Proprietress. 

Also MARSDEN LODGE 

Boarding House, 
Phone 534. MO R6AN, AVENUE. 



Torquay 



67 



TORQUAY . 

EBBOR HOUSE 

PRIVATE HOTEL. 

IDEAL Position. 
South Aspect, over- 
looking Torbay. Centra]. 
Electric Light. Electric 
Fires. Illustrated Tarifi 
on Application. , 
Telegraphic Address, 
'* Ebbof House." 
Telephone No. 942. 
Personal Management. 
Mrs. J. H. EMERSON 
(Resident). 




TORQUAY, 
ii 



KINELLAN 



f9 BOAROINO 

ESTA3LESHMEHT. 



Overlooking Torwood Gardens. Splendidly Situated, Facing 
South. Three minutes from Sea, Pavilion, Principal Shops, 
Medical Baths, &c. Good Cuisine. Sep. Tables. Electric 
Heating. CAR FOR HIRE. Private Apartments during 
Winter Months. Moderate Terms. -, 

Mrs. a. C. MAGNUS, Proprietress. 



TORQUAY. 

SENLAC 

Private Hotel, 

LINCOMBE DRIVE. 

piRST - CLASS. Own 
* Grounds. Command- 
ing Comer Site. Convenient 
for Sea, Trams, Shops and 
Golf. Elec. Light through- 
out. Personal Siipervision. 
Tels., " Senlac, Torquay." 

Mrs. <X)ATES, 
, ,, Proprietress. 




TORQUAY, 

"NETHWAY 

PRIVATE HOTEL, 
Falkland Road. 

OVERLOOKING Sea. Beau- 
tiful Position. In Own 
Grounds. . Excellent Cuisine. 
Separate Tables. Five minutes 
Station and Sea. Garage. 
Croquet. Electric Light and 

New Lounge Added. 
Personal Supervision. 

Mrs. M. WOTTON. 




68 
TORQUAY, 



1 orquay 




SAVERNAKE PRIVATE HOTEL, 



Falkland Road. 

Old-established and most con- 
veniently situated. Facing S. 
Large Garden. Balcony and 
Beautiful Views of Sea & Land. 
Near Tennis Courts. Billiards. 
Croquet. Garage. Special 
Winter Tariff. Tels., " Saver- 
nake, Torquay." 'Phone 868. 

Entirely New Management. 

Mr. & Mrs. 

BERNARD COURT 

(late of Birmingham). 



TORQUAY. 

Falkland Lodge 

PRIVATE HOTEL. 

KTEAR the Front. Centrally Situ- 
ated and commanding Beau t- 
ful Sea and Landscape Views 
Facing South. Excellent Cuisine 
Separate Tables. Most Comfort 
able and Highly Recommended. 
Garage Accommodation. 'Phone 576. 
^Miss NEWSAM, Proprietress. 





TQRQUAYi 

LE CHALET ^Se 

£raddons Hill Road East. 

Standing in Own Grounds of 
3 acres. Entirely overlooking 
Torbay. Commanding Mag. 
Views. Easy access to Golf 
Links & Public Tennis Courts. 
Sep. Tables. Ex. Cuisine. Mod. 
Terms. Garage. Croquet Lawn. 

Entirely New Management. 
Mr. & Mrs. G. M. BARKER, 
Proprietors. 



Torquay ANNANDALf 



Boarding 
Establishment, 

Torwood Gardens, Beautifully Situated in Own 

Grounds. S. Aspect. Close Trams. Tennis Lawn. 

Baths. Elec. Light. Ex. Cuisine. Own Garage. 

Moderate Tariff. Miss STEPHENS, Proprietress. 

TORQUAY— ASHLEY COURT 

CENTRAL FOR 
EVERYWHERE. 

SEPARATE TABLES. FROM 3 GUINEAS PER WEEK. 

'Phone 291. Telegrams, "ASHLEY COURT, TORQUAY." 



PRIVATE HOTEL 



Torquay — Ventnor — Weston — Westward Ho ! 69 



Torquay "SOUTHDENE 



" BOARD- 
RESIDENCE, 

Babbacombe Road. Comfortable Board-Residence. Large, Airy 
and Sunny Rooms. Excellent Position. South Aspect. Over- 
looking Torwood Gardens. Within three minutes' walk of Princess 
Gardens and Sea Front. Central for Dartmoor Motors and Tram 
Tprminn*;. Owen all the year. Terms, apply Mrs. J. WROE. 

Torquay-BRICHTON LODGE i?ily*™aa°°™^ 

Under New Management. Centrally Situated, facing South, two 
minutes from Torbay Sands and Rock Gardens. Electric Light 
Throughout. Well Furnished. Separate Tables. First-clata 
Cuisine. Baths (h. & c). Every Comfort. Personal Supervision. 
Apply PROPRIETRESS. 

TORQUAY, S. Devon.— Pleasantly Situated 200 ft. 
above Sea. Easy Access. 
Every Comfort. 



Good CulsiM. 

Elec. Lig:ht Throughout. 
Baths (H. & C ). Mod. and Inc. Terms. 
Perconpl SiiPTA-it^ion. Miss RIX, Proprietress 

TArnnaV— SfctftllPhflll Apartments. FIRST-CLASS^ Belgra-pc 
lOKiUdy OLOnena,EI. crescent.— very sheltered, south Akp^I 
"'"''' • - - Garag* 



6 



SSS^Si 



i5S^:S55H 



Close to Sea, Pier, Gardens. 

Near. 'Phone 775. Mrs. & Misses 



Tennis & Croquet Courts. 

HOLE. Proprietresses 



VENTNOR, I.O.W.- MARINE BOARDING HOUSB 
AND PRIVATE HOTEL, Marine Parade. 

Best Position Overlooking Beach. All Front Rooms afford Channel View. 
Near Pier. Two Billiard Lounges. Gas Fires in Bedrooms. Ideal 
Winter and Summer, Individual Attention. 'Phone Ventnor 32. 
Tels.. " Sunshine, Ventnor.'' Write MANAGERESS. 

PRIVATE 

HOTEL. 



lESTON-SDPER-MARE-WATKI N 

Under New Management. 

Opposite Knightstone famous Baths and Pavilion, and one minute 
from Madeira Cove. Excellent Cuisine. Separate Dining Table*. 
Terms Moderate. 'Phone. 
Proprietors. R. A. & I. HUTCHINS. 

LEADING N. DEVON HOTEL. 

GOLDEN BAY HOTEL. 

WESTWARD HO ! 

A Charming Modem Hotel, vidthin easy reach of all N. Devon 
Beauty Spots. Facing Sea and Famous Golf Links. Extensive 
Private Grounds. Five Tennis Courts. Beautiful Sands. Safe 
Bathing. Tennis, Croquet and Billiards Free to Visitors. 
Suites of Rooms with Baths attached. Generous and Excellent 
Cuisine. Finest Wines. Central Heating. Electric Light. 
Large Garage. Station — Bideford (3 miles). Terms Moderate. 
Apply MANAGERESS. 

BEST FOR THE HOME. 
BEST FOR THE HOLIDAY. 



THE WINDSOR 



7P WeyTOOuth-^Windermere 

WEYIVfOCrfH. • ' .\. ' '. 

"'^ ROYAL HOTEL amTBo) 

The LEADING AND ONLY MODERN HOTEL IN WEYMOUTH. 

Directly Facing Sea, Electric Light Throughout. Lift. Bath Rooms 

on, each Floor. All Public Rooms, Private Sitting Rooms, and most 

Bedrooms face the Sea. ^arge Garage. Inspection Pit. Petrol. 

Tel. No. 262. ~ . ','■''• Tari'flseijt on Application. • 

WEYMOUTH. ■" ' ■■ ' 

G LO U C EST E R HOT EL. 

ANCIENT PALACE OF KING GEORGE III. The Hotel of the 
County. Finest Position on Sea Front. Magnificently Appointed 
and, Replete' with Every Comfort. Electric Light Throughout. 
Special Quotations and. Descriptive Tariff -on^ Application to 
Telephone 170. ,. MANAGERESS.,' 

LAKE WaNDERMERE, English Lakos. 

THE FERRY MOTEL. 




Beautifully Situated in its Own Grounds on the Western Shore of the Lake, 
midway between Waterhead and Lakeside, five minutes from Bowness ty 
Steamer. Steamers in connection with Midland and Fumess Railways call 
at Hotel Pier. Steam Ferry constantly crosses the Lake. Hotel Motor 'Bus 
meets Trains at Windermere Station by arrangement.' Special Lock-up 
Garages for Cars. Golf, Tennis, Boating, Fishing, Bathing. ,Ex^Cuisir<5 
and Wines. Special TariS No. W-7 sent on application. Recommended by 
a.A.C. and A.A. W. J. MARSHALL, Proprietor. 

Tels.', " Ferry, Windermere." , 'Phone 22 Windermere. 

Wmdermere-Christoplierson' s K^cS^fmibfeiof ??I^4 

and Tourists. Near Station & Post Office. Baths (H. & C). Terms 
Moderate. Coach Bookings. Miss CHRISTOPHERSON, Prop'tresi. 

THE IDEAL MAGAZSNE FOR THE! HOfVlE. 

WINDSOR ^ 

THE IDEAL MAGAZINE FOR THE HOLiDAY^ 



Woolacombe Bay — Worcester^- Worthing 



71 




MORTEHOE, 
Woolacombe Bay, N. Devqn. 

RATH LEIGH 

• Pirst-class 

Boarding Establishment. 

CLOSE to and facing Sea.' 
Few minutes from Tennis 
and Golf. Comfortably Fur- 
nished. Separate Tables. Good 
Cooking. Nursery Meals tor 
Children (under 12 years old) 
with Nurses. Inclusive Terms, 
from £3 3s. 
Mrs. WILTON, Proprietress. 



Worcester-CROWM H0TEL.-^c?^?,4i"??^^aifo? 

all Places of Interest. Close to Cathedral & Royal Porcelain Works. 
Garage. Telephone 3f^8. Miss GODFREY. Manageress ' 



SUNNY W<3RTHBNG. 

THE TOWN 

for 

RES8DSNGE 

and 

HOLIDAY. 

Guide, &c., apply 

No. 46, 
Municipai Offices. 




LATB ADVERTiSES\^ENT, 

Stratford - on - Avon-THi SHAiCiSPiliE 
GALLERY RESTAOiAHT. night in tht 

Centre of the Town. Small and Large Parties 
Catered for. 








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(iDCDDBliDQDlID 



The Upper Gardens and Town Hall 




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Auctioneers, Estate Agents, &c. 



79 



LEADING 

HOUSE AGENTS 

AND 

AUCTIONEERS. 

yy#/ ^^^^^^ V^ II PON receipt of your require- 

VJ/ C^TORQUAY,^^ meats a Selected Property 

' fM ^ — — «>?;iLi^^ Regjister will be sent Free of 

Charge. 

Officer :— 7, Vaughan Parade and 99, Union Street. 
ESTABLISHED 1850. 'Phones 980 & 241. 




TORQMAY^House Agents, &c. 

G.R. SMITH & SON, 9, STRAND. 

Illustrated Register of 60 pages (post fiee) of Houses & Estates 
to be Sold-or T.et in Tornuav and South Devon 'Phone 14 



TORQUAY. 



icUgrams — *VKeliable, Tjrquay." 



House Agents— COX & SON, 

-W. -WILKINSON cox, F.A.I. C M. MYOTT, F.A.I. 

G. W. COX, P.A.S.I., F.A.I. 

AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS;— 8, STRAND. 

Established 1805. Illustrated List on Application. Telephone 8, 

-W. BROCK & Co., Ltd., 

House and Estate Agents, 
House Furnishers, Removal Contractors, Undertakers, &c. 
Tel. 203 Toronav Tel 11P> Eyptor. 



TORQUAY AND EXETER- 



Weymouth-^ . W. FULLER, F.A.I. , 

Auctlonee.^ Vafuep, Kotei Broker, and House 
Agent 61, St. Thomas Street. Tel. No. 65. 

WMtstable-on-Sea— J. T. REEVES & SON. 

The leading House and -Estate Agents. Office of the Distria 
Homefinder. Tel. No. 69. 



WINDERMERE j. nigholsoh, 



F.A, 

Leading House & Estate Agent, 
•Phone 91 Windermere. List Free. Lake Rd., Windermere. 



ENGLISH LAKES. 



Worthing 



PRINCIPAL HOUSE and 
ESTATE AGENTS. 

JORDAN & COOK. 

'Phone 142. 



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Colleges and Schools 



Colleges 



Schools. 



EDINBURGH. 



STRflTHE^lRn COLLEGE 




HIGH-GLASS PRIVATE COLLEQB 

OF COOKERY and all DOMESTIt 

ARTS. 

For the Daughters of Gentlemen. 

5 Boarding Honses. 

Individual Practical Training:. 

Diplomas Awarded. Playing Fields 

20 acres of Pleasure Groimds. Motoring. 

Gardening. Poultn\ Bees. Catering. 

Social Entertainments. 
Illustrated Prospectus from 

Miss MITCHELL, Principal. 



EDINBURGH. 

ST. LEONARDS 

(Branch of Strathearn College), 

NEWINGTON. 

Training College of Gardening, 

Poultry-keeping, Dairying, dc, 

for Gentlewomen. 

Students may take Short Courses 
of 3 months, or the two years' train- 
ing for the R.H.S. and other 

Certificates. 
TERMS.— Fees, Board and Resi- 
dence, £40 for 3 months- Fees 

alone, £12 12s. 
Illustrated Prospectus from 

Miss POLLARD, Principal. 




Oban-ST. ANNE'S. 



-A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL for Girls of aU ages, 

Beautifully situated on the Hill, overlooking 
the Bay. Climate mild and equable. Thorough and complete Educa- 
tion, with home life and training. Individual care. Out-of-door 
games and pursuits. This School is specially adapted and recommen- 
ded for children from abroad. Entire charge. Boys received in 
Jun ior School. Prospectus, &c., from Miss MURRAY, Principal. 

RYDE (1. of W.) GRAMMAR SCHuOL- 

Sound Modern Public School Education. 

Boys prepared for Universities, Professions and Commercial Life. 

Junior School, ages 5 to ii. Senior School up to 19 years. Playini; 

Fields. Educational Films. For Illustrated Prospectus apply to • 

'Phone Ryde 229. HEADMASTER. 

■Boys between the ag« 
of 6 and 14^ years pre- 
Magnificent Situation. 



YENTNOR, I.W.-BELMONT SCHOOL." 



pared for Public Schools and Royal Navy. 

Thone Ventnor 127. Rev. A. E. KIRKLAND, M.'A. (Headmaster), 



ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL 
for Diseases of the Skin 

49, LEICESTER SQUARE, W.C.2, 
and 262, UXBRIDGE RO.AX), VV.12. 



Patroness Her Majesty The Queen 

President The Earl of Chesterfield, K.G. 



Nearly a Thousand Patients receive treatment at this Hospital 
every week. 

THE ART OF HEALING COSTS MONEY. ANNUAL 
SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE AN URGENT NECESSITY. 

We appeal to readers to extend their Sympathy and their 
HELP to this deserving Charity. 

Patients seen at 49, Leicester Square, every afternoon at 2 
and every evening, except Saturday, at 6. 



George A. Arnaudin, Secretary, 
'Phone Gerrard 5580. 49, Leicester Square, W.C.2. 




Tomato Catsup 

Ask for it at your hotel. When taking your hoHday 

at the Seaside it will add to your enjoyment if 

you have G D Catsup with your fish or meat. 



AT ALL GROCERS AND STORES. 



Simply ash your Grocer for a bottle of 

GD TOMATO CATSUP 



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BOURNEMOUTH. 



REBBEC 



ROS. 



Offices— 
GERVIS PLACE BOURNEMOUTH 

AND 

COUNTY GATES WESTBOURNE- 



Particulars of all available proper* ^ 
Boumemoiilh and surrounding Country. 






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